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A Generous Confidence : Thomas Story Kirkpatrick and the Art of Asylum Keeping 1840 - 1883

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slight browning to edges of dj. Name and address of former owner on pastdown. Some foxing to foredges. Marginalia and underlining in light pencil in the book on a good number of pages. xv, 387 p. w/endnotes, bibliography, index. A look at the medical social history of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in Philadelphia in the heart f the 19th c., focusing on Kirkpatrick who was a founder of the American Psychiatric Association. Very good / very good. Item #21831

Price: $70.00