Author: DESCHAMPS, A.,
Title: Éther, Cocaïne, Hachich, Peyote et Démence Précoce. Essai d'Exploration Pharmacodynamique du Psychisme des Déments précoces. Orig. edn.
Description: Paris, Éditions Véga, 1932. orig. lettered wraps, circular publ. vignette on front boards. Hftitle (verso listing author's other publications). 210pp. footnotes, bibliogr., list of contents at very end, orig. publ. promotional printed flyer, centre-folded, verso blank, loosely inserted. In his introduction author describes Bleuler's conceptions of schizophrenia, incl. his own comments, followed by an essay on the history of pharmacodynamic experiments in general psychiatry. In the second division a description is given of the actual conception of dynamics in dementia praecox; the third part deals with author's own research, incl. extensive description of 29 case-studies (pp. 39-196). An excellent and still valuable scientific work. Good copy. Rare. (somewh. dog-eared).

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