155 - Medicine - Psychiatry - Cox, Joseph Mason. Practical Remarks on Mental Disorder. With appendices on the issuance of certificates and expert opinions in cases of insanity. Along with an appendix on the organization of institutions for the care of the incurably insane by Professor Reil. Halle, Renger, 1811. 16, 248, (2); (2), 74 pp. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with two spine labels and gilt lettering on the spine.

Medicine - Psychiatry - Cox, Joseph Mason. Practical Remarks on Mental Disorder. With appendices on the issuance of certificates and expert opinions in cases of insanity. Along with an appendix on the organization of institutions for the care of the incurably insane by Professor Reil. Halle, Renger, 1811. 16, 248, (2); (2), 74 pp. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with two spine labels and gilt lettering on the spine. Hirsch/Hübotter II, 132—cf. Hunter/MacAlpine 594—Waller 2193. - First German edition of “Practical Observations on Insanity …,” translated by A. H. Bertelsmann from the second, revised English edition. - “Cox was the first regularly qualified physician and author of a treatise on insanity who studied medicine in order to specialize in mental diseases.” (Hunter/MacAlpine on the first English edition of 1804). - Contains 21 different case histories. Includes an appendix by Johann Christian Reil in the first printing: “Contributions to the Organization of Institutions for the Incurable Insane.” This appendix includes, among other things: Diagnosis of the incurability of mental disorder; work and devotional exercises; maintenance of health. - Isolated foxing spots; title page and preface have moisture stains in the lower corner; otherwise a fine copy. *