Front matter
Reading edition
OBSERVATIONS
ON
MADNESS
AND
MELANCHOLY:
INCLUDING
PRACTICAL REMARKS ON THOSE DISEASES;
TOGETHER WITH
CASES:
AND AN
ACCOUNT OF THE MORBID APPEARANCES
ON
DISSECTION.
By JOHN HASLAM, LATE OF PEMBROKE HALL, CAMBRIDGE; MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AND APOTHECARY TO BETHLEM HOSPITAL.
The Second Edition, considerably enlarged.
“Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason.” Dr. Johnson’s Rasselas.
London: PRINTED FOR J. CALLOW, MEDICAL BOOKSELLER, CROWN COURT, PRINCES STREET, SOHO; BY G. HAYDEN, BRYDGES STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1809.
AS A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR MANY FAVOURS, AN OBLATION TO SUBSISTING FRIENDSHIP, AND A TRIBUTE TO SUPERIOR JUDGMENT, EXERCISING THE PROFESSION OF MEDICINE WITH SKILL AND LIBERALITY: THE PRESENT VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO DR. THOMAS MONRO, A FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE, AND PHYSICIAN TO BETHLEM HOSPITAL.