170 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt title over black band, pale blue endpapers, [ii] + 159 + 9 pages, index, detailed footnotes. ; Limited edition stated. Authored by Morris Braude, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine. ; This is not a how-to but a compilation of psychiatric symptoms, diseases, and cures as related in the Old Testament, with modern (1946) commentary. Topics include: Madness. Idiocy. Mania. Deaf-mutism. Demonology. Evil eye. Amnesia. Apoplexy. Hallucinations. Heart attack. Sex perversion. Epilepsy. Marriage and divorce. Punishments. Cures. More. ; Owner name (S. Miller Weisman) penciled and gift note (from Abe, dated 1947) to same penned on front endpaper. No other marks. Some fading to edges. Spine tanned, gilt lettering dull but readable. Binding intact. Scarce.
Title: Scriptural Psychiatry : A Popular Presentation on an Hitherto Little Explored Source in Mental Hygiene
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: Froben Press: 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
Item: 0.90 lbs
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Seller ID: 23235
Keywords: bible commentary, diagnosis, diagnostics, jewish studies, judaica, judaism, limited editions, mental illness, old testament, psychiatry & psychoanalysis, religion & spirituality
