Des maladies mentales considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-légal.

by Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol

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Garrison-Morton, 4929; Heirs of Hippocrates, 1268; Cat. Norman, 724. Édition originale du premier traité moderne de psychiatrie. C est Jean-Etienne Esquirol (1772-1840) qui créa le terme technique monomanie , qui fut ensuite remplacé par le terme de schizophrénie . « Esquirol sought to classify and describe the various kinds of insanity he encountered in his practice. Esquirol coined the term monomania, a concept which anticipated the modern view of schizophrenia, and he was the first to distinguish hallucination from illusion Des maladies mentales the work for which he is best known, served as a basic text in psychiatry for over fifty years » (Heirs). « Along with Pinel, Esquirol is regarded as the founder of the French school of psychiatry » (Cat. Norman, p.260). Très bon exemplaire.

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