This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856 - 1926) is justly called "the father of modern psychiatry". He was the first to identify dementia praecox (schizophrenia) and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat mental illness. He was also joint discoverer of Alzheimer's disease - which he named after his collaborator, Dr Alois ...
Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) was unquestionably the founder of modern psychiatry. He was the first to identify schizophrenia and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat these and other mental illnesses. He was also joint discoverer of Alzheimer's disease (which he named after his collaborator, Dr Alois Alzheimer). In this, the ...
The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) is justly called "the father of modern psychiatry". He was the first to identify schizophrenia and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat mental illness. He was also joint discoverer of Alzheimer's disease (which he named after his collaborator, Dr Alois Alzheimer). Kraepelin ...
The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) is justly called "the father of modern psychiatry". He was the first to identify schizophrenia and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat mental illness. He was also joint discoverer of Alzheimer's disease - which he named after his collaborator, Dr Alois Alzheimer. Kraepelin ...
Description: Good. 8vo. Hardcover, 1903. Siebente Auflage. The usual ex-library treatments are present. xv, 478 pp. The brown cloth binding is worn on the corners and spine ends, with discoloration on the spine. The hinges are tender and starting to crack, and the textblock is sturdy. The pages are clean and intact, aside from the missing bottom corner of the ffep. Among library markings are a bookplate on the front pastedown and an imprint on the title page, both indicating this copy formerly belonged to ... read more
Description: Very Good. 0495074425. NY: Arno Press, A New York Times Company, 1976. [First published 1883]. [4]+xiv+825+[9]pp. + 9 photo-reproduced photogravures. Thick octavo. Printed blue cloth with white spine & front lettering. A very good copy. Facsimile reprint of the 1896 5th revised edition. In the fifth edition Kraepelin for the first time organized the psychoses into two main nosological categories: deteriorating (die Verblodungsprocesse) and nondeteriorating (das periodische Irresein). In the ... read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought
