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Disputatio medica inauguralis de phrenitide : Quam, praeside Deo opt. max. ex authoritate magnifici rectoris, D. Theodori Ryckii ... Nec non amplissimi senatûs academici consensu, & almae facultatis medicae decreto, pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus & privilegiis ritè ac legitimè consequendis, eruditorum examini subjicit Petrus Benier, Gerard. Fil., Batavoduranus. Ad diem 16 Iulii, loco horisque solitis.
Benier, Petrus, active 1682.Date: MD C LXXXII. [1682]
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A treatise of dreams & visions : wherein the causes, natures, and uses, of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankind, are theosophically unfolded; that is, according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beings. To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction. By Thomas Tryon, student in physick.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: 1695
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Disputatio medica inauguralis, de insania; quam, Annuente Summo Numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Georgii Baird, SS. T. P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti; Necnon Amplissimi Senatus Academici Consensu, et Nobilissimae Facultatis Medicae Decreto; pro gradu doctoris, Summisque In Medicina Honoribus AC Privilegiis Rite ET Legitime Consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Reid, Anglus: Societ. Med. Edin. Soc. Extraord. ET Olim Praeses: Necnon Societ. Nat. Stud. Edin. Praeses Annuus. Ad diem 12. Septembris, hor? locoque solitis.
Reid, John, 1776-1822.Date: MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
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Observations on insanity: With practical remarks on the disease, and an account of the morbid appearances on dissection. By John Haslam, late of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, member of the corporation of surgeons, and apothecary to Bethlem-Hospital.
Haslam, John, 1764-1844.Date: 1798
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Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased : Containing I. Advice concerning physick, and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies, and how to take them. II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which, amongst other things, is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with the sense of sin, and likewise how they differ among themselves. III. A miscellany of pious discourses, concerning the attributes of God; with ejaculations and prayers, according to scripture rule. Likewise an account of many things which have happen'd since the creation. To which are added several predictions of what may happen to the end of the world. The whole being enrich'd with physical, pious, moral & historical observations, delightful to read, & necessary to know. By D. Irish, practitioner in physick and surgery, now dwelling at Stoke, near Guilford in Surry, where he is ready to serve any person, to the utmost of his skill.
Irish, DavidDate: 1700
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Disputatio medica inauguralis, de exercitatione; quam, Annuente Summo Numine, Ex Auctoritate Amplissimi Senatus Academici Edinburgensis, et Nobilissimae Facultatis Medicae Decreto; pro gradu doctoratus, Summisque in Medicina Honoribus et Privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis, eruditorum examini subjicit, Gilbertus Thompson, Anglo-Britannus, Die sexto Iduum Junii, hora locoque solitis.
Thompson, Gilbert, 1728-1803.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]
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Truth vindicated: or, the specific differences of mental diseases ascertained. Containing their numerous causes, the exact signs by which they may be distinguished, and questions proper for juries commissioned to examine these subjects; with facts extracted from the Parliamentary reports, and reasons for declaring the case of a great personage to have been only a feverish or symptomatic delirium. By William Rowley, M. D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c.
Rowley, William, 1742-1806.Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]
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Disputatio medica inauguralis de phrenitide : Quam, praeside Deo opt. max. ex authoritate magnifici rectoris, D. Lucae Schacht ... ; nec non amplissimi senatûs academici consensu, & almae facultatis medicae decretô, pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus & privilegiis ritè ac legitimè consequendis, publico examini subjicit Godefridus vander Keessel, Dord.-Bat. Ad diem 1 Iunii locô horisque solitis.
Keessel, Godfried van der, active 1684.Date: MD C LXXXIV. [1684]
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A treatise of dreams & visions : wherein the causes, natures, and uses, of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankind. Are theosophically unfolded; that is according to the Word of God, and the harmony of created beings. To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures, and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction. By Tho. Tryon, student in physick.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: [1689]
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Disputatio medica inauguralis, de phrenitide idiopathica: quam, annuente summo numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Georgii Baird, S. S. T. P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti; nec non Amplissimi senatus academici consensu, Et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto, pro gradu doctoris, summisque in medicina honoribus ac privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Dubois, carolinensis septentrionalis. Ad diem 12. Septembris, hora locoque solitis.
Dubois, Jacobus.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]
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An account of some remarkable passages in the life of a private gentleman : with reflections thereon. In three parts. Relating to trouble of mind, some violent temptations, and a recovery: in order to awaken the presumptuous, convince the sceptick, and encourage the despondent. Left under his own hand, to be communicated to the publick after his decease.
Date: 1711
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Remarks on Dr Battie's treatise on madness, by John Monro, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London; and Physician to Bethlem-Hospital.
Monro, John, 1715-1791.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]
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A new system of the spleen, vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy: wherein all the decays of the nerves, and lownesses of the spirits, are mechanically accounted for. To which is subjoin'd, A discourse upon the Nature, Cause, and Cure, of Melancholy, Madness, and Lunacy. With a particular dissertation on the Origine of the Passions; the Structure, Mechanism, and Modulation of the Nerves, necessary to produce Sensation in Animal Bodies. To which is prefix'd, A philosophical essay concerning the Principles of Thought, Sensation, and Reflection; and the Manner how those noble Endowments are disconcerted under the foregoing Diseases. By Nicholas Robinson, M.D. and of the College of Physicians, London.
Robinson, Nicholas, 1697?-1775.Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]
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An enquiry into the nature, causes, and method of cure, of nervous disorders. In a letter to a friend. By Alex. Thomson, M.D.
Thomson, Alexander, M.D.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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A remarkable case of madness, with the diet and medicines. Used in the cure. By William Perfect, M.D. (of West-Malling, in Kent, and member of the London Medical Society.
Perfect, William, 1737-1809.Date: 1791
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Medical jurisprudence. On madness. By John Johnstone, M. D.
Johnstone, John, 1768-1836.Date: 1800
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Truth vindicated or, the specific differences of mental diseases ascertained. By William Rowley, M. D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Physicians in London, &c.
Rowley, William, 1742-1806.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790]
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A treatise of dreams & visions : wherein the causes, natures, and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde are theosophically unfolded, that is according to the word of God, and the harmony of created beeing : to which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures, and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction / by Philotheos Physiologus.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: [1689]
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Dissertatio inauguralis, de cerebro. Quam, Annuente Summo Numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Robertson, S. S. T. P. Academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti; Nec Non Amplissimi Senatus Academici consensu, Et nobilissimae Facultatis Medicae decreto; pro gradu doctoratus, Summisque In Medicina Honoribus ET Privilegiis Rite ET Legitime Consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Laurentius Nihell, Antiguensis, Soc. Reg. Med. Edin. Sod. Ad diem 12. Septembris, hora locoque solitis.
Nihell, Laurence, approximately 1757-1822.Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]
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A treatise of dreams & visions : wherein the causes, natures, and uses, of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankind. Are theosophically unfolded; that is, according to the Word of God, and the harmony of created beings. To which is added, a discourse of the causes, natures and cure of phrensie, madness or distraction. By Tho. Tryon, student in physick.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: [1700]
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Texts and studies on Islamic medicine. 7 / collected and reprinted by Fuat Sezgin [and others].
Date: 1997