Chronicles the history of psychosurgery, more popularly known as lobotomy, profiles the pioneers of this treatment, and explains why opposition to this dangerous surgery was ineffective
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2503050022
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Description: A substantial history of psychosurgery and other radical psychiatric treatments, focusing particularly on the rise and eventual decline of frontal lobotomy. Neuropsychologist Elliot S. Valenstein examines the physicians, institutions, scientific theories, professional ambitions, and social pressures that allowed invasive psychiatric treatments to gain widespread acceptance before their limitations and consequences became fully apparent. An important contribution to the history of psychiatry, neurology, medical ethics, and twentieth-century medicine. 338 pages, with illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Detailed Condition: Hardcover itself is clean, sound, and firmly bound with little apparent wear. Interior pages shown are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows considerably more wear, including rubbing and surface scratches, creasing and wrinkling, edge wear, and noticeable crushing/chipping and small tears at the upper spine area. Additional light wear is present along the jacket edges and corners. Jacket remains complete and presents reasonably well despite the wear. Book: Fine. Dust Jacket: Good. Shipping / Returns: Carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 5b. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1756326524980
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