Henry Maudsley
Victorian Psychiatrist
Michael Collie(Author)
Scolar Press
Published on 1. January 1988
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-906795-52-1 (ISBN)
Description
Henry Maudsley played a major role in the development of British psychiatry during the second half of the 19th-century. This text represents a comprehensive study of his working life, with a bibliographical emphasis on the publication of his many books and articles.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
appendix, index
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 237 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-906795-52-1 (9780906795521)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: the achievement - the Maudsley hospital; early years and education; early professional career; the journal of mental science; insanity and the law; the "Ashanti warrior" - Maudsley and women; Maudsley's literary influence; a retrospect. Part 2 A bibliography of Maudsley's works: the physiology and pathology of mind, 1867; body and mind, 1870; responsibility in mental disease, 1874; the physiology of mind, 1876; the pathology of mind, 1879; body and will, 1883; natural causes and supernatural seemings, 1886; life in mind and conduct, 1902; Shakespeare, 1905; heredity, variation and genius, 1908; organic to human, 1916; religion and realities, 1918. Part 3 Pamphlets, reports, bound off-prints and printed lectures: report of the Manchester Royal Lunatic hospital from 25 June 1859 to 24 June 1860; Edgar Allan Poe, 1860; report of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital from 25 June 1860 to 24 June 1861; report of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital from 25 June 1861 to 24 June 1862; a voice from Derby to Bedlam, 1864; insanity and crime, 1864; on themethod of the study of mind, 1865; on some of the causes of insanity, 1867; conscience and organization, 1872; Emanuel Svedenborg, 1874; sex in mind and in education, 1874; introductory lecture delivered at University College, 1876; lessons of materialism, 1879; the physical basis of will, 1880; common source of error in seeing and believing, 1881; some early reviews by Maudsley; letters on professional subjects.