Traité medico-philosophique sur l’aliénation mentale, ou la manie

by Philippe Pinel

$4,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Chez Richard, Caille et Ravier, An IX 1801 . First edition of a landmark work on the treatment of the insane and mentally ill. It presented the textual foundation of psychiatry, stands as the first great publication of the nineteenth century in clinical medicine, and at the same time as one of the paradigmatic expressions of the medical and scientific revolution that was taking place in the late

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