PINEL, Philippe. Nosographie philosophique, ou la méthode de l'analyse appliquée a la médecine. 1813.
PINEL, Philippe.
Nosographie philosophique, ou la méthode de l'analyse appliquée a la médecine.
Paris, J. A. Brosson, 1813.
Three 8vo (200x125 mm), (4)-cxx-412 pages and portraict in frontispiece / (4)-671-(1) pages / 624 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, flat spines. Leather rubbed. Fresh copy.
Fifth edition, augmented.
Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) was a French clinician and doctor renowned as the precursor of psychiatry.
He is also well-known for his "Nosographie philosophique", first published in 1798, in which he classified diseases into five major groups (fevers, phlegmasias, hemorrhages, neuroses and lymphatic diseases) whith the symptoms and injuries caused.
This book quickly became a reference and was very successful as soon as it was published.
provenance: Bookplate from Michel Collée with a laughing devil.
Price : 150 €