Title: De la folie considérée sous le point de vue pathologique, philosophique, historique et judiciaire
Subtitle: depuis la renaissance des sciences en Europe jusqu'au dix-neuvième siècle; description des grandes épidémies de délire, simple ou compliqué, qui ont atteint les populations d'autrefois et régné dans les monastères.  Exposé des condamnations auxquelles la folie méconnue a souvent donné lieu.
First published: 1845
Description: On the subject of lunacy, considered from the pathological, philosophical, historical and judiciary aspects: from the renaissance of the sciences in Europe to the 19th century; description of the great epidemics of delirium, simple or complex, that have afflicted the populations of old and reigned in the monasteries. Report on the condemnations that unknown lunacy has often caused.
Subjects: Psychiatry, Epidemic Hysteria, Hallucinations and illusions, Demonomania, Early works to 1900, Pathological Psychology, History, Delusions, Insanity (Law), Hysteria, Mental Disorders