A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity
by Ray, I. - M.D
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Facsimile of edition published by Charles C. Little and James Brown of Boston in 1838. Isaac Ray's (1807-1881) treatise was an important early work on the relationship betwen law and insanity. Subjects discussed include mental deficiency, idiocy, imbecility, mania, dementia, lucid intervals, simulated insanity, concealed insanity, sonambulism, drunkeness, suicide, delirium, duration and the curability of madness. Includes facsimile foxing spots. 480 pages. 8vo. Brown cloth with paper label on front and stamped in gilt on spine. near Mint condition. no jacket as issued. .
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- Cultural Connection (US)
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- Title
- A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity
- Author
- Ray, I. - M.D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Madness, Psychiatry, Law, Mental Disorders
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