INSANITY: EARLY AMERICAN]. CUTBUSH, Edward. An Inaugural Dissertation on Insanity . Philadelphia, 1794. Old blue half calf and marbled boards (Surgeon General's Library stamp on title-page). Cutbush's medical thesis. Austin 611; Norman 561. -- Edwin Augustus ATLEE. An Inaugural Essay on the Influence of Music in the Cure of Diseases . Philadelphia, 1804. Disbound. "He noted music's...power to obliterate temporarily the ides fixes of insanity" (Norman). Austin 91; Norman 80. -- Joseph PARRISH. An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and Cure of Diseases . Philadelphia, 1805. Disbound. Contemporary annotations covering some blank pages and numerous margins. Austin 1456; Hunt & Macalpine, pp. 592-593; Norman 1645. -- [NEW YORK LUNATIC ASYLUM]. An Account of the New-York Hospital . New York, 1811. Contemporary half russia and marbled boards (light wear). Frontispiece folding view of the hospital (split at fold) and engraved plan (browned). At back is a separately-paged (72 pp.) catalogue of the hospital library. Norman 1584. -- Joseph Mason COX. Practical Observation on Insanity . Philadelphia, 1811. Contemporary sheep (rebacked preserving original label, a few pages browned). First American Edition. Cox was the first "regularly qualified physician and author of a treatise on insanity" to attend medical school to specialize in mental diseases (Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 594-598). This is the second psychiatric treatise published in the United States. Norman 531. -- George PARKMAN. Management of Lunatics, with Illustrations of Insanity . Boston, 1817. Engraved folding plate. Black half morocco and green boards. "Parkman...is chiefly remembered today for his sensational and macabre death at the hands of John W. Webster, chemistry professor at Harvard" (Norman). Austin 1449; McDade, pp. 311-312; Norman 1644. -- [HARTFORD RETREAT]. Report of a Committee of the Connecticut Medical Society, Respecting an Asylum for the Insane ...Hartford, 1821. Original plain wrappers (spotted). The Retreat's "course of treatment...derived from the progressive, humanitarian principles of Pinel, Tuke and Rush" (Norman 1001). -- [HARTFORD RETREAT]. Society for the Relief of the Insane...Annual Meeting...2d of May . Hartford, 1823. Disbound (title-page browned). Norman 1002. -- [WORCESTER HOSPITAL]. Reports and Other Documents Relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, Mass . Boston, 1837. Original boards, black cloth spine with printed label (spine defective). "The State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester...was the first concrete product of the American asylum-building movement of the 1830s and 1840s..." (Norman 1824). -- Thomas Cogswell UPHAM. Outlines of Imperfect and Disordered Mental Action . New York, 1840. Original cloth (ends of spine worn). Norman 2123. -- [Dorothea DIX]. Memorial. To the Legislature of Massachusetts . [Boston, c. 1843]. Disbound (new boards). Second (?) Edition. Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 911-914; Norman 643. -- [DIX]. UNITED STATES. Senate. 33rd Congress, 1st Session. An Act Making a Grant of Public Lands to the Several States of the Union for the Benefit of Indigent Insane Persons . [Washington, 1854]. Folio, unbound. Contemporary annotations in pencil by a Vermont senator. Norman 644. -- [PERIODICAL]. American Journal of Insanity . Vol. I, nos. 1-4, Vol. II, nos. 1, 2-4. Utica, July 1844-April 1846. Together 1 vol. Contemporary sheep (rebacked, worn, Jan. 1846 issue lacking). Issued at the Utica State Asylum in New York; in 1921 the Journal was renamed the American Journal of Psychiatry . Hunter & Macalpine, p. 823; Norman 41. -- John M. GALT. The Treatment of Insanity . New York, 1846. Original cloth (worn). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 1026; Norman 863. Together 14 volumes, folio or less. FIRST EDITIONS, unless otherwise indicated. (14)
INSANITY: EARLY AMERICAN]. CUTBUSH, Edward. An Inaugural Dissertation on Insanity . Philadelphia, 1794. Old blue half calf and marbled boards (Surgeon General's Library stamp on title-page). Cutbush's medical thesis. Austin 611; Norman 561. -- Edwin Augustus ATLEE. An Inaugural Essay on the Influence of Music in the Cure of Diseases . Philadelphia, 1804. Disbound. "He noted music's...power to obliterate temporarily the ides fixes of insanity" (Norman). Austin 91; Norman 80. -- Joseph PARRISH. An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and Cure of Diseases . Philadelphia, 1805. Disbound. Contemporary annotations covering some blank pages and numerous margins. Austin 1456; Hunt & Macalpine, pp. 592-593; Norman 1645. -- [NEW YORK LUNATIC ASYLUM]. An Account of the New-York Hospital . New York, 1811. Contemporary half russia and marbled boards (light wear). Frontispiece folding view of the hospital (split at fold) and engraved plan (browned). At back is a separately-paged (72 pp.) catalogue of the hospital library. Norman 1584. -- Joseph Mason COX. Practical Observation on Insanity . Philadelphia, 1811. Contemporary sheep (rebacked preserving original label, a few pages browned). First American Edition. Cox was the first "regularly qualified physician and author of a treatise on insanity" to attend medical school to specialize in mental diseases (Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 594-598). This is the second psychiatric treatise published in the United States. Norman 531. -- George PARKMAN. Management of Lunatics, with Illustrations of Insanity . Boston, 1817. Engraved folding plate. Black half morocco and green boards. "Parkman...is chiefly remembered today for his sensational and macabre death at the hands of John W. Webster, chemistry professor at Harvard" (Norman). Austin 1449; McDade, pp. 311-312; Norman 1644. -- [HARTFORD RETREAT]. Report of a Committee of the Connecticut Medical Society, Respecting an Asylum for the Insane ...Hartford, 1821. Original plain wrappers (spotted). The Retreat's "course of treatment...derived from the progressive, humanitarian principles of Pinel, Tuke and Rush" (Norman 1001). -- [HARTFORD RETREAT]. Society for the Relief of the Insane...Annual Meeting...2d of May . Hartford, 1823. Disbound (title-page browned). Norman 1002. -- [WORCESTER HOSPITAL]. Reports and Other Documents Relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, Mass . Boston, 1837. Original boards, black cloth spine with printed label (spine defective). "The State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester...was the first concrete product of the American asylum-building movement of the 1830s and 1840s..." (Norman 1824). -- Thomas Cogswell UPHAM. Outlines of Imperfect and Disordered Mental Action . New York, 1840. Original cloth (ends of spine worn). Norman 2123. -- [Dorothea DIX]. Memorial. To the Legislature of Massachusetts . [Boston, c. 1843]. Disbound (new boards). Second (?) Edition. Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 911-914; Norman 643. -- [DIX]. UNITED STATES. Senate. 33rd Congress, 1st Session. An Act Making a Grant of Public Lands to the Several States of the Union for the Benefit of Indigent Insane Persons . [Washington, 1854]. Folio, unbound. Contemporary annotations in pencil by a Vermont senator. Norman 644. -- [PERIODICAL]. American Journal of Insanity . Vol. I, nos. 1-4, Vol. II, nos. 1, 2-4. Utica, July 1844-April 1846. Together 1 vol. Contemporary sheep (rebacked, worn, Jan. 1846 issue lacking). Issued at the Utica State Asylum in New York; in 1921 the Journal was renamed the American Journal of Psychiatry . Hunter & Macalpine, p. 823; Norman 41. -- John M. GALT. The Treatment of Insanity . New York, 1846. Original cloth (worn). Hunter & Macalpine, p. 1026; Norman 863. Together 14 volumes, folio or less. FIRST EDITIONS, unless otherwise indicated. (14)
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