Annals of insanity : comprising a variety of select cases in the different species of insanity, lunacy, or madness, with the modes of practice, as adopted in the treatment of each / by William Perfect.

  • Perfect William, 1737-1809.
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annals of insanity : comprising a variety of select cases in the different species of insanity, lunacy, or madness, with the modes of practice, as adopted in the treatment of each / by William Perfect. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    * . ’ / , * TO THE FIRST EDITION. jf _ f n , T^Y the following cafes, collected with care, chofen with a view to real utility, and reported with precilion and fidelity, it will be eafily feen that the Author has no defign to obtrude any noftrum or fpe- cific upon the public, but merely to exhibit the refult of his own praftice and obfer- vations in a malady of the greateft im- portance, in which a confiderable number of perfons, are deeply concerned. He has advanced no ideal fpeculations or fan- taftic theories, which might furnifh matter of doubtful conje&ure, but contenting him- A 2 felf