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ESQUIROL, JEAN (1772-1840), Maladies mentales considerees sous les rapports medical, hygienique et medico-legale.
Par E. Esquirol. Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire de l'Academie Royale de Medecine... a Londres: Chez H. Bailliere, 1838. 3 volumes. 1st Edition, 1st printing. xviii+678, [iv]+864pp. + atlas with [iv]pp. + 27 lithographed plates (1 folding). Modern leather-backed marbled boards with red leather spine labels. Typical foxing, otherwise a very nice, attractive set. Atlas volume measures 22 x 14.5 x 1 cm. Norman Catalog #725 & #726; GM 4929; Heirs of Hippocrates 1268. 4 pounds 8.0 ounces = 2.1 kg. 8.6 x 5.4 x 3.6 inches = 21.4 x 13.5 x 9cm. GM 4929. The first modern textbook of psychiatry and the model for all later psychiatric texts. Esquirol emphasized the importance of observation and good record-keeping; deprecated superstition and speculation; distinguished hallucinations from illusions, associating only the former with mental illness; and emphasized the role of environmental and age factors as precipitants of mental disease. Pinel's successor at Salpetriere, Esquirol was among the first to insist that the criminally insane should be treated as suffering from a disease. Binding: HB. Very Good
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