An exact facsimile of the first edition of the important, trail-blazing volume first published in London in 1759 by one of the great medical men and administrators of history. Dr. Battie was the first physician to teach psychiatry to medical students. His book is based on extensive experience with patients in the mental institutions he founded and his teaching revolutionized the practice of psychiatry and presented many interesting and still valid ideas. This volume includes an informative introduction by Dr.James A. Brussels that highlights the significance of Dr. Battie's ideas in the development of psychiatry as a science. -- Publisher description

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T051638 London: printed for J. Whiston, and B. White, 1758. vii, [1],99, [1]p.; 4°