H. DAGONET

Nouveau Traité Élémentaire et Pratique des Maladies Mentales

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H. DAGONET
Nouveau Traité Élémentaire et Pratique des Maladies Mentales
Paris, Librairie J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1876; 8 Woodburytypes (with 33 vignette portraits), bound in an 8to. volume with leather-backed boards; each approximately 6½ x 4in. (16.5 x 10.2cm.) overall

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The volume documents types of mania and claimed to be the first use of photography in medical iconography. Dagonet was chief of medical services at the insane asylum of Sainte Anne in Paris. The photographs were taken by J. Valette.

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