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PRICHARD, JAMES COWLES. A Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders affecting the Mind. xvi, 483, [1] pages, plus 3 leaves of bookseller's and publisher's ads in front and 8 in back. 8vo, 222x140 mm, modern 1/4 morocco; few small stains on pages 349-52, contents otherwise generally clean. Signature of W. A. F. Brome dated 1837 on title. London: Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1835
first edition. Prichard originated the concept of "moral insanity," "that left the rational faculties unaffected, expressing itself simply in a distortion of the emotive faculties . . . This notion was further deepened in his comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge concerning mental disorders in A Treatise on Insanity" (ODNB). Garrison-Morton 4928; Hunter & Macalpine, pages 836-42; Norman 1747.
