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Insanity:

(insanity) . THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE RETREAT FOR THE INSANE AT HARTFORD, CONN. APRIL 1849
Hartford 1849 Case Tiffany. Brownell, Thomas C. Brownell, President. Octavo, 36pp., later wraps. Faint vertical crease. Good. (a61876)
$45.00 Andrews, Dr. J. B. . TRAUMATIC HYSTERIA FROM RAILROAD INJURY
1891. Octavo, pp.37-42, removed and rebound in later wraps. Three binding pinholes in inner margin. VG. (a74508)
$20.00 Bell, Clark Esq. . WHAT IS THE DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT IN THE CASE OF GUITEAU
NY 1882. In The Sanitarian, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Preservation of Health, Mental and Physical Culture, Vol. X, No. CXIII, August, 1882, at pp. 475-481. Included ins a complete issue with several other articles. Guiteau was the assassin of President James Garfield. Good, minor soiling, some wear and chipping. (a24082)
$40.00 Boring, Edwin G. . LEARNING IN DEMENTIA PRECOX
Washington 1913. Psych. Review Volume XV No. 2 June 1913. A study from the psychological laboratory of the Government Hospital for the Insane. Octavo, 101pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a18224)
$65.00 Cowles, Edward MD . THE MECHANISM OF INSANITY III. PATHOLOGICAL FATIGUE OR NEURASTHENIA
1891. Cowles was Superintendent of the McLean Asylum, Somerville, Massachusetts. Octavo, pp.49-70, removed and rebound in later wraps. Three binding pinholes in inner margin. VG. (a74506)
$40.00 Currier, Solon . THE WONDERFUL WHEEL OF FORTUNE FOUNDED ON THE LIFE OF SOLON CURRIER
Laconia (New Hampshire) 1867. A most unusual memoir by a New Hampshire minister who seems to have had difficulties with his church and his family, and spent several years in an Insane Asylum. 12mo., 128pp., blue cloth. VG, some foxing on a nunber of pages, a few minor pencil scribbles on one page, light soiling on cloth. Very scarce. (a48733)
$200.00 Ellis, John M.D. . THE AVOIDABLE CAUSES OF DISEASE, INSANITY AND DEFORMITY
NY 1860 (1859) Mason. Hardcover. Octavo. 348pp. plus section on Marriage and Its Violations (48pp.), original cloth. Good. (a713)
$39.00 Folsom, Charles F. MD . SOME POINTS REGARDING GENERAL PARALYSIS
1891. Octavo, pp.18-36, removed and rebound in later wraps. Three binding pinholes in inner margin. VG. (a74507)
$25.00 Jacobi, Dr. Putnam; Prof.Harris, Dr. Cleaves and others . THE PREVENTION OF INSANITY AND THE EARLY AND PROPER TREATMENT OF THE INSANE
Boston 1882 Tolman & White. Offprint from Journal of Social Science. Excellent text--much information on the treatment for the insane. Octavo, 29pp., original blue printed wraps. A few light pencil line in margins. VG, light wear. (a61882)
$85.00 Leffingwell, Albert M.D. . ILLEGITIMACY AND THE INFLUENCE OF SEASONS UPON CONDUCT TWO STUDIES IN DEMOGRAPHY
London 1892 1st Sonnenschein. Fascinating text: statistical tables on illegitimate births in variouse european countries; seasons and suicide rates in Japan and England; weather and seasons and their correlations to insanity rates; solar influence on conduct, etc. Sm.8vo., 160pp., three maps (including frontis), original red cloth with black lettering. Good, hinges just starting to crack, spine ends a bit frayed and one tiny chip at head of spine, one inch closed tear along top rear outer hing. In new protective glassine cover. (a54626)
$95.00 Maudsley, Doctor Enrico . LA RISPONSABILITA NELLE MALATTIE MENTALI
Milano 1875 Dumolard. Versione del Dorro Arrigo Tamassia. In Italian. 8vo., 320pp., original wraps bound in buckram. Ex-library. VG. (a8619)
$75.00 Maudsley, Henry . RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE.
NY n.d. (c. 1900) Appleton. Copy No. 633 out of 1000 of this authorized edition from the selected Library of Modern Science, Westminster Edition. Borderline insanity, epilepsy, senile dementia,prevention of insanity. 8vo., 338pp., index, hardcover. Good, new endpapers, spine ends worn. (a758)
$27.00 Maudsley, Henry M.D. . RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE
NY 1900 Appleton. On Insanity and dementia and degree to which victim is accountable for his actions; of particular revelance to crime and law matters. Hardcover. Octavo., 338pp., index, cloth. Good, cover a bit worn. (a16568)
$32.00 Noble, Daniel M.D. . ELEMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICAL STUDY OF INSANITY
London 1855 John Churchill. Octavo, 356pp., 32pp, (Churchill book catalogue), original brown cloth. Contemporary book review tipped inside front cover). Near VG, hinges tender but not yet broken, oval piece cur from the front blank end page (signature?), cover a bit rubbed and somewhat faded. Very Scarce early work on psychology and insanity. (a68143)
$450.00 Parker, W. H. M.D. . DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OR PATHOLOGY OF THE NERVES AND NERVOUS MALADIES
Boston 1873 Peabody Medical Institute. A treatise of Psychological Medicine. Insanity, insomnia, suicide, urine analysis of nervous maladies, epilepsy, hallucinations. Hardcover. 8vo., 202pp., original green cloth. VG. (a16000)
$97.00 Pellagra . REPORT OF THE PELLAGRA COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 1911
Springfield 1912 Illinois State Journal. Panel concluded more meat in diet would help fight this terrible disease. 8vo., 250pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Complimentary stamp on title page. VG, no DJ.250p. photo illus. VG plus. no dj. (a49764)
$65.00 Skultans, Vieda . ENGLISH MADNESS: IDEAS ON INSANITY 1580 - 1890. ISBN: 0 7100 0329 3
London 1979 1st Routledge. ISBN: 0 7100 0329 3. 8vo., 156pp., index, hardcover. Near Fine, one or two spots on endpapers, in Fine DJ. (a58390)
$25.00 Spitxla, E.C. M.D. . EVIDENCE OF INSANITY IN THE BRAINS OF CRIMINALS
NY 1882. In The Sanitarian, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Preservation of Health, Mental and Physical Culture, Vol. X, No. CXII, July, 1882, at pp. 406-424. Whole issue comprises pp. 385-448, ads, illus. Good, minor soiling, some wear, wraps chipped. (a24083b)
$50.00 Stearsn, Henry P. MD . SOME NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PSYCHIATRY
1891. Stears was Superintendent of the Retreat for the Insane, Hartford, Connecticut.Octavo,16pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. Three binding pinholes in inner margin. VG. (a74509)
$35.00 Van Deusen, E. H. . A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE T. ROMEYN BUCK, M.D., LL.D
NY 1856. Offprint from the New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, January 1856 at pp.9-19, steel engraved portrait frontis, wraps. Beck was a Manager of the New York State Lunatic Asylum, and an editor of the Journal of Insanity. Old library stamp on page 9. Near VG, wraps a bit chipped. (a22794)
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