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RUSH, BENJAMIN. Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind. [iii]-367 pages; lacking the 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, 208x129 mm, contemporary tree sheep with leather lettering piece, badly worn overall, covers detached; contents browned, scattered stains. Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson, 1812
first edition; second issue, with gathering H reset adding an additional line per page. "The first psychiatric treatise produced by an American native"--Norman 1867. Austin 1670; Garrison-Morton 4924; Heirs of Hippocrates 1068; Hunter & Macalpine, pages 662-670.
