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FEUCHTERSLEBEN, ERNST FREIHERRN VON (1806-1849), Lehrbuch der arztlichen Seelenkunde als Skizze zu Vortragen.
Vienna: Gerold, 1845. 1st Edition. xxii+429+[1]pp. Rather nice mid-20th century olive buckram with red morocco spine label, both original printed green wrappers retained. Slight foxing, else a handsome, untrimmed copy. Scarce. The first book published in Austria dealing with medical psychology and psychopathology. GM-5 4929.1; Norman Catalog 793. 1 pound 8.0 ounces = 683 grams. 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches = 23 x 15 x 3cm. A key book in the history of psychiatry "which not only introduced into psychiatry a new standard and a new methodology, but also a number of terms which came to stay" [Hunter & Macalpine p. 952]. The terms 'psychosis', 'psychopathology' and 'psychiatric practitioner' [ie, 'psychiatrist'] all were given their modern meanings in Feuchtersleben's book and subsequently diffused through the psychiatric literature.The "founder of psychosomatic medicine as a systematic discipline...(Feuchtersleben) gave articulate expression to the principle that man is a psychophysical totality". (Roback. (1961), p. 282). Straddling the split in psychiatry between physiology and psychology, Feuchtersleben both championed the use of psychotherapy with the mentally diseased (a method he called "second education") and insisted that psychosis always entailed disturbed physical function. Binding: HB.
Offered for US$ 650.00 by: John Gach Books - Book number: 085742
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