CONOLLY, John (1794-1866). An Inquiry Concerning the Indications of Insanity, with Suggestions for the Better Protection and Care of the Insane . 1830. Plum cloth (faded, top of spine worn, inch tear at front outer joint, library stamp at bottom of title-page). "Conolly's Inquiry was the first book to attempt to link normal and abnormal mental states" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 805-809. -- The Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane . 1847. 4 folding plates at rear. Chocolate cloth, old spine label (front outer joint cracked). Presentation inscription from the publisher to the editor of the Times . The plates include three plans of asylums and a bird's-eye view of the Jamaica Asylum. Hunter & Macalpine, p. 1033. -- The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints . 1856. Brown cloth (worn at ends of spine and fore-corners, Liverpool Medical Library stamps on title and inside front cover and white lettering on spine). "Conolly's abolition of all forms of physical restraint at Hanwell Asylum indicated a fundamental shift in psychiatric thought: insane patients were no longer to be thought of as vicious animals, but as sick human beings..." (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 1030-1038. -- [CONOLLY]. MIDDLESEX. The Special Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, at Hanwell, with Appendices, May General Session, 1846 . 1846. Recent half morocco. -- [ Bound with :] The Second [-Fourth] Report...1847 [-1849] . 1847--1849. 6 folding charts (one silked, with some loss of text). Each Report includes Conolly's lengthy medical reports, made as Hanwell's resident physician. All London. Together 7 works, in 4 volumes, 8 o. Original cloth, except as noted. FIRST EDITIONS. Norman 503-506. (4)
CONOLLY, John (1794-1866). An Inquiry Concerning the Indications of Insanity, with Suggestions for the Better Protection and Care of the Insane . 1830. Plum cloth (faded, top of spine worn, inch tear at front outer joint, library stamp at bottom of title-page). "Conolly's Inquiry was the first book to attempt to link normal and abnormal mental states" (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 805-809. -- The Construction and Government of Lunatic Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane . 1847. 4 folding plates at rear. Chocolate cloth, old spine label (front outer joint cracked). Presentation inscription from the publisher to the editor of the Times . The plates include three plans of asylums and a bird's-eye view of the Jamaica Asylum. Hunter & Macalpine, p. 1033. -- The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints . 1856. Brown cloth (worn at ends of spine and fore-corners, Liverpool Medical Library stamps on title and inside front cover and white lettering on spine). "Conolly's abolition of all forms of physical restraint at Hanwell Asylum indicated a fundamental shift in psychiatric thought: insane patients were no longer to be thought of as vicious animals, but as sick human beings..." (Norman). Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 1030-1038. -- [CONOLLY]. MIDDLESEX. The Special Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, at Hanwell, with Appendices, May General Session, 1846 . 1846. Recent half morocco. -- [ Bound with :] The Second [-Fourth] Report...1847 [-1849] . 1847--1849. 6 folding charts (one silked, with some loss of text). Each Report includes Conolly's lengthy medical reports, made as Hanwell's resident physician. All London. Together 7 works, in 4 volumes, 8 o. Original cloth, except as noted. FIRST EDITIONS. Norman 503-506. (4)
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