HASLAM, John (1764-1844). Observations on Insanity: With practical remarks on the disease, and an account of the morbid appearances on dissection. London: F. and C. Rivington and J. Hatchard, 1798.

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HASLAM, John (1764-1844). Observations on Insanity: With practical remarks on the disease, and an account of the morbid appearances on dissection. London: F. and C. Rivington and J. Hatchard, 1798.

8o (223 x 142 mm). Modern wrappers, uncut.

FIRST EDITION. Haslam worked as a medical officer at Bethlehem Hospital, the largest asylum in England, where he had the opportunity to study a large number of patients. Observations on Insanity is a study of 29 cases among which Haslam recorded three cases of general paralysis. Garrison-Morton 4794; Waller 4134; Wellcome III, p.221; Norman 1014.