SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF 19TH CENTURY PSYCHIATRY TEXT THAT WAS IN PRINT FROM 1871 TO 1892. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, original brown cloth boards, bookplate of Library of University of Cincinnati College of Medicine to front paste-down, gift of Drs. Road, ink signature of G. Road, M.D., front free endpaper, viii, 471 pages, publisher's advertisements end of text, cover edges and spine faded, otherwise very good. GEORGE FIELDING BLANDFORD (1829-1911) became closely associated with Dr. A. J. Sutherland, Physician to St. Luke's Hospital, where his early studies in insanity iwere made. In 1866 h... View More...
COLLECTION OF DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF BIZARRE PEOPLE THROUGH HISTORY. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, 198 pages, original red cloth binding, 12 black and white plates. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front endpaper. Very good, no dust jacket. PREFACE: 'Books about queer people are usually of two main types. There those in which a vivid presentation of each character is made, unencumbered with any references to the documentary and other sources consulted. Then there are the more technical accounts which are mainly medical and psychological monographs, which make no pretence to being anything ... View More...
LANDMARK REPORT OF CONTROLLED STUDY OF FRONTAL LOBOTOMY IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS--ASSOCIATION COPY. 10 1/4 inches tall hardcover, original red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, handstamp of Frank K. Beach to front endpaper, 517 pages, many illustrations and photographic plates. Light fading to spine, gilt lettering bright, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked, very good. PREFACE: In this report we present a detailed account of our study of the 48 patients in our series—24 of whom were operated upon and 24 in a control group. ... While we feel that much has been accomplished by this project,... View More...
Publisher:
Boston, Little, Brown, and Company : 1873
Seller ID: 106
1873 SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF PAPERS BY NOTED AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST ON MENTAL HEALTH AND JURISPRUDENCE. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, vii, 558 pages,original green cloth boards, gilt title on cover and spine, covers and spine darkened, corners and edges worn, front hinge starting, previous owners' signatures on front endpaper, remaining pages crisp and unmarked (not ex-library). ISAAC RAY (1807-1881) was Superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane in Augusta, Maine, and subsequently oversaw construction of Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Islane. He was one of the 'original thirteen'... View More...
19TH CENTURY MONOGRAPH ON THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION IN DISEASE, COPY OF PHYSICIAN MEDICAL PUBLISHER. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, original green cloth boards, xvi, 482 pages, ink inscription on title page, 'Presented to the Cin. Hosp. Library by Dr. J. C. Culbertson,' with embossed stamp of Cincinnati Hospital Library. Two plates (1 colored) showing neural pathways, publisher's catalogue at rear. Corners and edge rubbed, spine dulled, ex-institutional library, overall very good. FROM PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION: 'The objects of the following pages may be thus stated: 1. To collect together in ... View More...
