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New York: Gryphon, 1992. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original full green leather with spine and covers stamped in decorative gilt. All edges gilt. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers. Privately printed for the members of The Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Library. Former owner's bookplate, provided by the publisher, is tipped in and can be removed upon request. Publisher's original "Notes from The Editors" booklet is also provided. One of the foundational books in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences. 5 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches. 345 pages.

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London: Printed for J. Callow... by G. Hayden, 1809. Second edition, considerably enlarged, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 345, [1]pp., text woodcut of Haslam's 'Key', foxing to prelims and final few pages, title page browned, blank inner upper corner of title torn away, front hinge weak, cont. half calf, rubbed. "Haslam considered the enlarged second edition... to be his magnum opus; it remained a standard work for several years. This edition includes an illustration of Haslam's infamous "key," an instrument used to force patients' mouths open to receive food, medicine, etc.; the key was intended as an improvement to earlier methods of artificial feeding, as it preserved the patients' teeth."—Hook & Norman. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 1015; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 632-636; Wellcome III, p. 221; Garrison-Morton, 4794 (first edition).

London: Printed for J. Callow... by G. Hayden, 1809. Second edition, 8vo (215 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 345, [1] + 6pp., of publishers' adverts, text woodcut of Haslam's 'Key', small hole to upper blank margin of title page, faint unobtrusive ink library stamp, later plum cloth. "Haslam considered the enlarged second edition... to be his magnum opus; it remained a standard work for several years. This edition includes an illustration of Haslam's infamous "key," an instrument used to force patients' mouths open to receive food, medicine, etc.; the key was intended as an improvement to earlier methods of artificial feeding, as it preserved the patients' teeth."—Hook & Norman. Provenance: Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Hook & Norman, Haskell F. Norman Library I, 1015; Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 632-636; Wellcome III, p. 221; Garrison-Morton, 4794 (first edition).

London: J. Callow, 1809. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 345, [1]. Pages are generally clean with occasional spots of marginal foxing. Edges of title page are age-toned. Book plate re-mounted on inside front cover belonging to Clements C. Fry, M.D. (1892-1955) Professor of Psychiatry at Yale and a well known collector of medical prints. Bound in full modern calf done after an early style. Old spine label is preserved. John Haslam (1764-1844) was an Apothecary or Medical Officer at Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam) and afterwards the Governor of St. Luke's Hospital. Haslam was one of the most knowledgeable practitioners in his field. However, according to Hunter and Macaplpine his attitudes toward patients were rather "harsh and unfeeling." In 1816 scandals arose over poor patient care at Bethlem Hospital and Haslam was dismissed from his position (perhaps unfairly). The "Observations on Madness" was first published in 1798. Haslam, however, considered… Read More