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FALCONER, WILLIAM. A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon Disorders of the Body . . . being, The Essay to which the Fothergillian Medal was adjudged. [4], xxi, [1], 105, [3] pages, including half-title and final ad leaf. 8vo, later flexible boards. London: C. Dilly and J. Phillips, 1788
first edition. "The first psychiatric prize essay, on the question: 'What diseases may be mitigated or cured, by exciting the particular affections or passions of the mind?' Falconer believed that emotions formed the link between body and mind, and suggested that emotional effects could be used therapeutically"--Norman 756. Hunter & Macalpine, page 507.
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