Two Frontispiece plates, tipped-in references slip, title page, 200 pp. Recent 1/4-cloth and boards. Embossed stamp on title page. First Edition. PRESENTATION COPY FROM SAMUEL B. WOODWARD: "Inscribed (in pencil): "Rev Dr. Jarvis/ with Dr Woodwards respects/ Worcester Sept 1837." "The State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, Massachusetts was the first concrete product of the American asylum-building movement of the 1830s and 1840s, which, although based on unrealistically optimistic beliefs about the curability of insanity, nevertheless did much good by promoting a positive attitude toward improving the care and treatment of the insane. Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, the first superintendent of the Worcester State Hospital, was a pioneer in the treatment of mental diseases, whose success in dealing with the challenges of institutionalized care for the insane won him a national reputation. He founded and served as the first president of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane (later the American Psychiatric Association)" (Norman 1824). Seller Inventory # 7760

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Title: Reports and Other Documents Relating to the ...

Publisher: Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1837.

Publication Date: 1837

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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