Author: MYERSON, ABRAHAM (1881-1948)
Title: The inheritance of mental diseases
Description: New York: The Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library. division of Gryphon Editions 1994. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather. with raised bands. The classic Gryphon Editions design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Still encased in publisher's bubble wrap and cardboard packaging. Includes publisher's introductory booklet. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 336 pages; Physical desc.: 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Mental Disorders --genetics. Mental Retardation --genetics. Mental illness --Genetic aspects --Medical genetics. Notes: '.privately printed for the members of The Classics of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Library' ; originally published: Baltimore. Md. : Williams & Wilkins Co. 1925. Summary: Myerson studied data collected at the state hospital in Taunton. Mass. where he served as medical director and pathologist from 1913 to 1917. Myerson determined that 10 percent of the 130 families in the study had had more than one member hospitalized for mental illness. Myerson concluded that schizophrenia and manic-depressive psychosis seem to 'run in families' but that other mental diseases such as neurasthenia and hysteria. have 'no hereditary value.' --Publisher's website. by Abraham Myerson.Weight in Kg appr.:

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