Illustrations of madness
By: by John Haslam ; edited with an introduction by Roy Porter.
Contributors: Porter, Roy, 1946-
Series: Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
Subjects: Matthews, James Tilly -- Mental health.; Matthews, James Tilly.; Mentally ill -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Mental illness -- Case studies.
Description: John Haslam's Illustrations of Madness, written in 1810, occupies a special place in psychiatric history, it was the first book-length account of one single psychiatric case written by a British psychiatrist. John Haslam, apothecary to London's Bethlem Hospital, and a leading psychiatrist of the early-nineteenth century, details the case of James Tilly Matthews, who had been a patient in the hospital for some ten years. Matthews claimed he was sane, as did his friends and certain doctors. Haslam, on behalf of the Bethlem authorities, contended he was insane, and attempted to demonstr.
Notes: "Bibliography of the writings of John Haslam": p. xlviii-xlix.
Bibliography: p. xl-xlvii.
Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed by G. Hayden, 1810.