Treatise on Mental Alienation
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
Treatise on Mental Alienation by Gordon Hickish
A treatise on mental illness written during the birth of modern psychiatry
The founder of French psychiatry wrote Medico-Philosophical Treatise on Mental Alienation in 1800 and reworked it nine years later. This book is the Entirely Reworked and Extensively Expanded version from 1809. Today, it can give historians of medicine and psychiatrists an overview of mental illnesses as they were viewed in that era. The author, Philippe Pinel, became known as the doctor who worked to free the insane from chains.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780470997468 |
| ISBN 10 | 047099746X |
| Title | Treatise on Mental Alienation |
| Author | Gordon Hickish |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |