Author: Felix Voisin
Title: DES CAUSES MORALES ET PHYSIQUES DES MALADIES MENTALES et de quelques autres affections nerveuses telles que l'Hysterie, la Nynphomanie et la Satyriasis..
Description: Paris, Bailliere, 1826.E.O. First Edition. Un volume (12,5x20 cm) di XVI-418-(1 di errata) pagine, precedute da un EXTRAIT des Bulletins de la Société médicale d'émulation, dello stesso Voisin sul tema: Le désordre menstruel peut-il etre regardé comme une des causes physique les plus nombreuses de l'alienation mentale?,,, di 40 pagine. -Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde, dorso licio ornato e dorato con tassello di titolo rosso; piatti cartonati con carta marmorizzata. Ottime condizioni. “Voisin was a leading advocate of the phrenological theories of Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) and he is considered to be one of the more prominent members in the French school of phrenology. Voison was particularly interested in the role phrenology could be used to understand the pathology of mental retardation and insanity. Voisin also did extensive research of satyriasis and nynphomania, and was interested in the relationship between hypersexuality and hysteria.”

Keywords: MEDICINA, PSICHIATRIA, MATTI, SESSUOLOGIA