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Burrows (George Man)

An Inquiry into Certain Errors Relative to Insanity; and their Consequences; Physical, Moral, and Civil.

London: Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 1820.,

493,76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, Royaume-Uni)

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Auteur
Burrows (George Man)
Éditeurs
London: Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 1820.
Thème
MEDICINE PSYCHIATRY MENTAL DISORDER MENTAL HEALTH MADNESS LUNACY, INSANITY INSANE LUNATICS

Description

First edition, 8vo (220 x 130 mm), ix, [1], 320pp., some intermittent light foxing, 1 folding table, fait stamp to title page, later maroon cloth, rubbed, spine lettered in gilt. An investigation of the curability of insanity based on the statistics of a countrywide survey of mental institutions. ìBurrows claimed to have cured eighty-one percent of all the mental patients in his private asylum, with the rate rising to ninety-one percent for cases of less than a yearís durationóquestionable figures that were nevertheless accepted uncritically by his bookís many readers. The cult of curability was an extreme reaction to the earlier belief that insanity was beyond help; during the period of its greatest influence, it inspired a marked increase in the construction of state mental hospitals.îóHook & Norman. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 379; Hunter & Macalpine, p. 778; Wellcome II, p. 277.
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