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INSCRIBED HILL, ROBERT GARDINER. A Concise History of the Entire Abolition of Mechanical Restraint in the Treatment of the Insane; and of the Introduction, Success, and Final Triumphof the Non-Restraint System. Errata leaf at end. 8vo, modern linen with morocco lettering piece; scattered foxing, minor stains, and pencil or ink scrawls. London, 1857
first edition. inscribed: "Charles MacKay, Esq. With the Author's Comp[limen]ts." "Hill's system inspired that of Conolly [see lot 31], and within a few years non-restraint had spread throughout Great Britain and made its way to Europe and the United States"--Norman 1072. Hunter & Macalpine, pages 886-92; Zilboorg, pages 579-80.
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