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PARACELSUS (ca. 1493-1541). Von den Kranckheyten so die vernunfft berauben als da sein S. Veyts Thantz. Basel, 1567.
4o (204 x 145 mm). Collation: *4 A-N4 N2. 58 leaves, unfoliated. Gothic type. Modern vellum.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT CLASSIC WORK IN PSYCHIATRY. "In this work on the 'diseases that deprive man of his reason' Paracelsus anticipated the descriptive method in psychiatry, giving a purely medical account of the clinical manifestations of epilepsy, mania, and hysteria, refuting previous theories that these diseases were caused by demonic possession or other supernatural means" (Garrison & Morton). He was the "first to differentiate the sexual components and the unconcious factors in the development of hysteria" (Zilboorg). Garrison & Morton 4916.1; Sudhoff 91; Waller 7125; Zilboorg, "Introduction: The place of Paracelsus in the history of psychiatry," in Four treatises by Paracelsus, ed. Sigerist. Baltimore, 1941, pp. 129-134; Zilboorg & Henry pp. 198-200; Norman 1635.
4o (204 x 145 mm). Collation: *4 A-N4 N2. 58 leaves, unfoliated. Gothic type. Modern vellum.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT CLASSIC WORK IN PSYCHIATRY. "In this work on the 'diseases that deprive man of his reason' Paracelsus anticipated the descriptive method in psychiatry, giving a purely medical account of the clinical manifestations of epilepsy, mania, and hysteria, refuting previous theories that these diseases were caused by demonic possession or other supernatural means" (Garrison & Morton). He was the "first to differentiate the sexual components and the unconcious factors in the development of hysteria" (Zilboorg). Garrison & Morton 4916.1; Sudhoff 91; Waller 7125; Zilboorg, "Introduction: The place of Paracelsus in the history of psychiatry," in Four treatises by Paracelsus, ed. Sigerist. Baltimore, 1941, pp. 129-134; Zilboorg & Henry pp. 198-200; Norman 1635.