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[INSANITY: ENGLISH]. BURROWS, George Man. An Inquiry into Certain Errors Relative to Insanity; and Their Consequences; Physical, Moral, and Civil. 1820. Blue half morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to H.L. Thomas. "Burrows's Inquiry contributed materially to the 'cult of curability' - i.e., the belief that nearly all mental diseases were curable - that characterized Anglo-American psychiatry in the second quarter of the nineteenth century" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 778; Norman 379. -- Charles MACKAY. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. 1841. 7 plates. Brown half morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. (scuffed). "The lessons from Mackay's Memoir have been applied by stock market analysts" (Norman 1406). -- John BARLOW. On Man's Power over Himself to Prevent or Control Insanity. 1848. Original cloth (slight spine wear). Second Edition. Inscribed to Dr. Haskell F. Norman by Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine, book collectors and authors of Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry. "Barlow's theory of insanity made use of the concepts of unconscious mind and repression mechanism...unfortunately, it tended to condemn insanity as moral weakness" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 931-932; Norman 121. -- John Gideon MILLINGEN. Aphorisms on the Treatment and Management of the Insane: with Considerations on Public and Private Lunatic Asylums, Pointing out the Errors in the Present System. 1840. Original green cloth. "Millingen was [John] Conolly's immediate predecessor at Hanwell...he was dismissed a year after his appointment after an investigation found gross irregularities in the conduct of the asylum" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 893-896; Norman 1512. -- [ANON.]. Sketches in Bedlam; or Characteristic Traits of Insanity, as Displayed in the Cases of One Hundred and Forty Patients...in New Bedlam...1823. Original blue boards, uncut (rebacked, new spine label). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 757-758; Norman 1951. -- Francis WILLIS. A Treatise on Mental Derangement. Containing the Substance of the Gulstonian Lectures, for May MDCCCXXII. 1823. Modern half morocco and marbled boards (two small medical society stamps on title-page). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 759; Norman 2242. -- Forbes Benignus WINSLOW. Lettsomian Lectures on Insanity. 1854. Original red cloth (rebacked, edges very worn). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Winslow to the Library of the Conservative Club. Signed carte-de-visite photograph of Winslow laid in. "Winslow was one of the pioneers of the humane system of treatment in insane asylums, and a prime mover in the establishment of the insanity plea in criminal defense" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 1074-1078; Norman 2251. All London. Together 9 volumes, 8o or smaller. FIRST EDITIONS, except as indicated. (9)

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[INSANITY: ENGLISH]. BURROWS, George Man. An Inquiry into Certain Errors Relative to Insanity; and Their Consequences; Physical, Moral, and Civil. 1820. Blue half morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to H.L. Thomas. "Burrows's Inquiry contributed materially to the 'cult of curability' - i.e., the belief that nearly all mental diseases were curable - that characterized Anglo-American psychiatry in the second quarter of the nineteenth century" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 778; Norman 379. -- Charles MACKAY. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. 1841. 7 plates. Brown half morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. (scuffed). "The lessons from Mackay's Memoir have been applied by stock market analysts" (Norman 1406). -- John BARLOW. On Man's Power over Himself to Prevent or Control Insanity. 1848. Original cloth (slight spine wear). Second Edition. Inscribed to Dr. Haskell F. Norman by Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine, book collectors and authors of Three Hundred Years of Psychiatry. "Barlow's theory of insanity made use of the concepts of unconscious mind and repression mechanism...unfortunately, it tended to condemn insanity as moral weakness" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 931-932; Norman 121. -- John Gideon MILLINGEN. Aphorisms on the Treatment and Management of the Insane: with Considerations on Public and Private Lunatic Asylums, Pointing out the Errors in the Present System. 1840. Original green cloth. "Millingen was [John] Conolly's immediate predecessor at Hanwell...he was dismissed a year after his appointment after an investigation found gross irregularities in the conduct of the asylum" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 893-896; Norman 1512. -- [ANON.]. Sketches in Bedlam; or Characteristic Traits of Insanity, as Displayed in the Cases of One Hundred and Forty Patients...in New Bedlam...1823. Original blue boards, uncut (rebacked, new spine label). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 757-758; Norman 1951. -- Francis WILLIS. A Treatise on Mental Derangement. Containing the Substance of the Gulstonian Lectures, for May MDCCCXXII. 1823. Modern half morocco and marbled boards (two small medical society stamps on title-page). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 759; Norman 2242. -- Forbes Benignus WINSLOW. Lettsomian Lectures on Insanity. 1854. Original red cloth (rebacked, edges very worn). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Winslow to the Library of the Conservative Club. Signed carte-de-visite photograph of Winslow laid in. "Winslow was one of the pioneers of the humane system of treatment in insane asylums, and a prime mover in the establishment of the insanity plea in criminal defense" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 1074-1078; Norman 2251. All London. Together 9 volumes, 8o or smaller. FIRST EDITIONS, except as indicated. (9)