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Mental Maladies. A Treatise on Insanity. by Esquirol, E (trans. E K Hunt)

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Title
Mental Maladies. A Treatise on Insanity.
Author
Esquirol, E (trans. E K Hunt)
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A good copy; front joint cracked; foxing.
Description
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. First English Edition.. Full contemporary sheep.. A good copy; front joint cracked; foxing.. 8vo, xviii, [19] - 496, (32 - adverts.) pp. The great classic of the early 19th century literature of insanity and mental illness. "There was hardly an aspect of the subject which Esquirol did not consider, amplify, and clarify" (Hunter / Macalpine, p. 732). He was also the first to separate epileptics from the insane and to describe and classify their seizures. This is the first English edition of this important treatise. See G - M #4798; Norman I, #724 - both citing the first French edition. Garrison, Neurology, pp. 401-402; Hunter / Macalpine, Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry.

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