Historical Bibliography Updated: February 20, 2020
Illustrations of madness: exhibiting a singular case of insanity… with a description of the tortures experienced by bomb-bursting, lobster-cracking and lengthening the brain.
Publication Details
London: Rivingtons, 1810 CE.
The first medical book devoted to a single case of insanity, and the first illustration of an influencing machine, commonly complained of by paranoid patients.
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| Entry Number | #4924.1 |
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Geographic Context
Publication place: London