Yorkshireman Henry Maudsley (1835-1918) studied and built his
medical career in London. From 1860 he specialised in psychiatry,
working at hospitals and in private practice, and from 1863 to 1878
he was joint editor of the Journal of Mental Science. As one of the
leading European 'alienists', he treated high-profile patients and
became sufficiently wealthy to contribute GBP30,000 in 1907 towards
the foundation of a specialist psychiatric hospital. In his many
publications, he developed ideas of heredity derived from Darwin.
His lecturing style was famous; Body and Mind contains his 1870
Gulstonian lectures, given before the Royal College of Physicians,
and two earlier articles. Maudsley aimed to 'bring man, both in his
physical and mental relations, as much as possible within the scope
of scientific enquiry', and his preface dismisses 'vague and barren
disputations concerning materialism and spiritualism' as futile
compared to serious scientific enquiry based on physiology.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
Authors: |
Henry Maudsley
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Dimensions: |
220 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
210 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-08030-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
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LSN: |
1-108-08030-8 |
Barcode: |
9781108080309 |
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