Archambault, Jean Baptiste Henri Théophile (1806-1863)

Bibliothèque de médecine mentale. A collection of extracts from the principal writers on mental diseases, ancient and modern: translated into French. The work was undertaken under the direction of Dr. Archambault.

c. 1850

4 volumes 4 vols. folio. 301/2 x 20 cm. Original half-calf binding. Written by several hands, the translators are anonymous.

Purchased 1944.

The author had been a pupil and friend of Esquirol, was appointed Physician to the Bicêtre Hospital in 1840, and was later Médecin en Chef at Charenton.

Signature of 'Dasmesnet[?] 161 rue de Charonne' on the first fly-leaf of Vol. IV.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).