Emil Kraepelin

Dementia Praecox and Paraphrenia

Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone, 1919. Original publisher's red cloth. Near fine; 331pp. with text illustrations and photographs. Slight cock to spine. Previous owner sticker and handwriting on the inside cover. 

A landmark in 20th century psychiatry, introducing the clinical framework that shaped the concept of schizophrenia and paraphrenia into the modern era. Scarce and highly collectible, an essential title for history of medicine, psychology, and rare psychiatry books.
. Near Fine. Item #144

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