Reports and Other Documents Relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. Printed by Order of the Senate. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SAMUEL B. WOODWARD

[WOODWARD, Samuel B.]

Edité par Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1837., 1837

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Two Frontispiece plates, tipped-in references slip, title page, 200 pp. Recent 1/4-cloth and boards. Embossed stamp on title page. First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SAMUEL B. WOODWARD: "Inscribed (in pencil): "Rev Dr. Jarvis/ with Dr Woodwards respects/ Worcester Sept 1837." "The State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, Massachusetts was the first concrete product of the American asylum-building movement of the 1830s and 1840s, which, although based on unrealistically optimistic beliefs about the curability of insanity, nevertheless did much good by promoting a positive attitude toward improving the care and treatment of the insane. Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, the first superintendent of the Worcester State Hospital, was a pioneer in the treatment of mental diseases, whose success in dealing with the challenges of institutionalized care for the insane won him a national reputation. He founded and served as the first president of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (later the American Psychiatric Association)" (Norman 1824).

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• Titre: Reports and Other Documents Relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. Printed by Order of the Senate. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SAMUEL B. WOODWARD
• Éditeur: Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1837.
• Date de parution: 1837
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Dust Jacket Included
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)