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Haslam (John)

Observations on Madness and Melancholy: Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases; Together with Cases: and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection.

London: Printed for J. Callow. by G. Hayden, 1809.,

343.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Haslam (John)
Publishers
London: Printed for J. Callow. by G. Hayden, 1809.
Keyword
MEDICINE PSYCHIATRY MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL HEALTH MADNESS LUNACY, INSANITY INSANE LUNATICS

Description

Second edition, considerably enlarged, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 345, [1]pp., text woodcut of Haslamís ëKeyí, foxing to prelims and final few pages, title page browned, blank inner upper corner of title torn away, front hinge weak, cont. half calf, rubbed. ìHaslam considered the enlarged second edition. to be his magnum opus; it remained a standard work for several years. This edition includes an illustration of Haslamís infamous ìkey,î an instrument used to force patientsí mouths open to receive food, medicine, etc.; the key was intended as an improvement to earlier methods of artificial feeding, as it preserved the patientsí teeth.îóHook & Norman. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 1015; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 632-636; Wellcome III, p. 221; Garrison-Morton, 4794 (first edition).
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