George III and the mad-business
By: by Ida Macalpine & Richard Hunter.
Contributors: Hunter, Richard Alfred, joint author.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Mental health; Porphyria; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
Description: Unravels the history of George III's strange malady, diagnosing it as porphyria. Psychiatric practices of the period and later are examined.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.