Mental pathology and therapeutics"I am happy to be able at last to place in the hands of the profession the long-delayed second edition of this work. It is not entirely a new work, many chapters remain entirely unaltered; many others, however, have undergone correction and remodelling, and, in particular, great additions have been made, which I hope may be considered as adding to the value of the work. Fewest changes have been necessary in the description of the special forms of insanity: melancholia, mania, dementia, & c, have indeed remained the same since 1845. Most alterations and additions occur in the parts relating to etiology, pathological anatomy, the anatomy of the brain, the psychological introduction, the complications of insanity, and treatment. An entirely new section on the general diagnosis of mental disease has been added, and also a section on idiocy and cretinism"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Title | Mental pathology and therapeutics Volume 33 of New Sydenham Society |
| Author | Wilhelm Griesinger |
| Publisher | New Sydenham Society, 1867 |
| Length | 530 pages |
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