The morbid anatomy of the brain, in mania and hydrophobia; with the pathology of these two diseases, as collected from the papers of the late Andrew Marshal, M.D. … with an account of some experiments, to ascertain whether the pericardium and ventricles of the brain contain water in a state of health. To which is prefixed A Sketch of his Life. By S. Sawrey …

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[Marshal, Andrew (1742-1813)].
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London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1815. 8:o. Frontispiece portrait, (15), xxxiv, 294 pp. + (4) pp. Modern (20th century) brown boards morocco with five raised bands, gilt title to spine, marbled boards, sprinkled edges. 2 very fine volumes. Some foxing occur, mostly in the beginning of the book. The silhouette portrait of the author with offsetting on title-leaf. Page 175 misnumbered 157. From the library of Denis Leigh, with his name label on fly-leaf.

14 300 kr

Garrison ‘History of neurology’, p. 267, 274; Hirsch IV, p. 88; Hunter & Macalpine, p. 779. Wellcome IV, p. 61. (4) pp. of publisher’s ads bound first. First Edition. Marshal's book was one of the earliest in the developing field of neuropathology. It was the second book based on postmortems of the insane published in Britain, and was posthumously edited by S. Sawrey. Contents: Dedication; Preface; Sketch of the Life of Dr. Marshal; That Water in the Pericardium and Ventricles of the Brain is an Effect and Evidence of Disease; On Canine Madness; Morbid Anatomy of the Brain in Mania; Observations on the Nature of Mania.

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