Title: Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany
First published: 2003
Description: "The psychiatric profession in Germany changed radically from the mid-nineteenth century to the beginning of World War I. In a book that demonstrates his extensive archival knowledge and an impressive command of the primary literature, Eric J. Engstrom investigates the history of university psychiatric clinics in imperial Germany from 1867 to 1914, emphasizing the clinical practices and professional debates surrounding the development of these institutions and their impact on the course of German psychiatry."--Jacket.
Subjects: Psychiatry, Mental illness, History, Psychiatry, history, Clinical medicine, Medicine, germany, History of Medicine, 19th Cent, Mental Disorders, History, 19th Century
Places: Germany
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: RC450.G4 E54 2003