E. Billod - Des maladies mentales et nerveuses - 1882

Fascinating two-volume set of this systematic study of psychiatric and neurological disorders from a 19th-century medical perspective, aiming to classify, describe and explain the different forms of affections of the mind and the nervous system -

A particular attention is paid to the distinction between the mental illnesses proper and disorders of nervous origin, with the idea that these two groups may overlap while presenting specific manifestations -

The analysis relies on clinical observation of symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, memory disturbances, alterations of judgment or changes in behavior and sensation -

An organic conception of the psyche dominates, where mental illnesses are often linked to dysfunctions of the brain and nervous system, without excluding the influence of moral, social or hereditary factors -

E. Billod - Des maladies mentales et nerveuses - 1882 - Tome I et II - G. Masson -
VIII p., 618 p. + 515 Pages.

Good condition of bindings, works in their brown half-leather edition, marbled boards, signs of wear, some minor defects on boards and spine, worn corners, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with slim gilt fillets and motifs, titles, volumes and author’s name gilded –

Good interior condition, some foxing, library stamp on title pages, marbled endpapers in good condition, pleasant overall –

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