The beginnings of American psychiatric thought and practice : five accounts, 1811-1830.
- Date:
- 1973
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About this work
Also known as
Account of the rise and progress of the Asylum, proposed to be established near Philadephia. 1814.
Publication/Creation
New York : Arno Press, 1973.
Physical description
173 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
Contributors
- Eddy, Thomas, 1758-1827. Hints for introducing an improved mode of treating the insane.
- Parkman, George, 1790-1849. Discourse on mental philosophy as connected with mental disease.
- Wyman, Rufus, 1778-1842. Discourse on mental philosophy as connected with mental disease.
- Beck, Theodric Romeyn, 1791-1855. Inaugural dissertation on insanity.
Notes
Reprint of Account of the rise and progress of the asylum, first published by Kimber and Conrad, Philadelphia, 1814: of An inaugural dissertation on insanity, by T. R. Beck, first published New York, 1811; of Hints for introducing an improved mode of treating the insane in the asylum, by T. Eddy, first published New York, 1815; of Proposals for establishing a retreat for the insane, by G. Parkman, first published Boston, 1814; of A discourse on mental philosophy as connected with mental disease, by R. Wyman, first published Boston, 1830
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Location Status History of MedicinePP.CA.AA8Open shelves
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- 0405051921