Terhune William B M D (2 results)

NY: Grune & Stratton, 1951. (Copyright 1951). xii,177 pages. 7.25x5", boards, dj. Dj worn, bookplate, VG/G.

Condition: Very good. New Canaan, Connecticut: Reprinted from The Connecticut State Medical Journal, by William B. Terhune, (1947)., (1947). Very good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 7-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled creamy yellow wraps titled in black on the front cover. There is staining to the inner edge of the front cover and bottom corner of the rear cover. 7 pages, with the text printed in 2 columns. Very good. "Reprinted from The Connecticut State Medical Journal July 1947 Issue, Vol. XI, No. 7" and "Presented at a meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary, Hartford County Medical Association, Hartford, October 22, 1946." A presentation card is stapled to the top of the front cover: "Compliments of The Silver Hill Foundation For the study and treatment of the Psychoneuroses. New Canaan, Connecticut". Dr. Terhune's somewhat misogynistic advice for the wives' of doctors, though typical for the period. A psychiatrist and a founding professor of the psychiatric department at Yale University, Dr. William B. Terhune (1893-1987) entered the field of psychiatry in 1916. He urged that psychiatric patients not be ostracized and that they be accepted in hospitals as other patients are. The Silver Hill Foundation was established by Dr. Terhune in 1934. Its purpose was to serve as a "medical and psychotherapeutic unit to diagnose and treat functional nervous disorders". A non-profit voluntary psychiatric hospital it could serve up to 60 patients. RARE.…