Lot 1253
1253
PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786-1848). A review of the doctrine of a vital principle, as maintained by some writers on physiology. With observations on the causes of physical and animal life. London: J. & A. Arch, 1829. 8o. Original boards, rebacked in cloth. FIRST EDITION. A critique on the theory of vitalism, in which Pritchard attributed all activities of living organisms to physical and chemical processes, save embryonic differentiation, which is credited to divine intervention, rather than accepting explanations reliant on the existence of a "vital force". Norman 1744. -- PRICHARD. A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind. London: Sherwood, gilbert and Piper, 1835. 8o. Original blind-stamped cloth, printed paper spine label, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. The first description of moral insanity, which he described as "a morbid perversion of the natural feelings ... without any remarkable disorder or defect in the intellect", now known as psychopathology. Garrison-Morton 4928; Norman 1747. (2)

Details
PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786-1848). A review of the doctrine of a vital principle, as maintained by some writers on physiology. With observations on the causes of physical and animal life. London: J. & A. Arch, 1829. 8o. Original boards, rebacked in cloth. FIRST EDITION. A critique on the theory of vitalism, in which Pritchard attributed all activities of living organisms to physical and chemical processes, save embryonic differentiation, which is credited to divine intervention, rather than accepting explanations reliant on the existence of a "vital force". Norman 1744. -- PRICHARD. A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind. London: Sherwood, gilbert and Piper, 1835. 8o. Original blind-stamped cloth, printed paper spine label, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. The first description of moral insanity, which he described as "a morbid perversion of the natural feelings ... without any remarkable disorder or defect in the intellect", now known as psychopathology. Garrison-Morton 4928; Norman 1747. (2)