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Jorden, Edward (1569-1632) A Briefe Discourse of a Disease Called the Suffocation of the Mother.
London: Printed by John Windet, 1603.
First edition, quarto, woodcut printer's device to title page; bound in later half green morocco and marbled paper boards, rubbed, front board detached, lacking final blank H2; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Jorden's is the first work published in the English language on the subject of hysteria. "Jorden introduced into English medicine the ancient concept of hysteria as a disease entity with specific etiology, a sex-linked nervous disorder, the potential imitator of all ills. Its subsequent career forms an important chapter in the history of psychiatry." (Hunter & MacAlpine, pages 69-73.)
STC 14790; ESTC S119360 locating five copies in U.S. libraries; uncommon at auction.
