Wertham Frederic Florence (2 results)
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Published by The Macmillan Company, 1934
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition: First Edition First and only edition of this important and now scarce textbook of neuropathology, used in medical schools throughout the world following publication. By Frederic Wertham, M.D. (1895-1981), formerly Associate in Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and Senior Psychiatrist at Bellev…ue, and Florence Wertham, formerly Charlton Fellow in Medicine at Johns Hopkins. With an introduction by Adolf Meyer, M.D., Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. 538 pp. plus 166 plates. Florence Hesketh Wertham drew all 166 cell plate illustrations, working from histological preparations she made herself. The plates — reproduced by aquatone process — are the visual core of the work, documenting normal and pathological brain tissue at the cellular level across conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, syphilitic brain lesions, epilepsy, cerebral arteriosclerosis, and general paresis. The introduction by Adolf Meyer, the dominant figure of American psychiatry in the early 20th century, gives the work particular standing. Wertham received the first psychiatric grant awarded by the National Research Council for the research underlying this book. He also published the first study on the effects of mescaline and did pioneer work on insulin use in psychotherapy during this period. Wertham is now perhaps better known for Seduction of the Innocent (1954) and his role in the comic book hearings, but also for founding the Lafargue Clinic in Harlem and for research on racial segregation cited in Brown v. Board of Education. His papers are held at the Library of Congress. Condition: Original dark brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine. Boards generally solid with light wear; cloth fraying and losses at head of spine and at both spine corners — the primary condition issue. Interior pages clean and bright with minimal toning; text legible throughout. All 166 aquatone plates present and intact. No dust jacket. No ownership inscriptions noted. Carefully packed and shipped in a box. Shipped via USPS with tracking provided. International shipping available. Additional photographs available upon request. bSCI 1d.
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Published by Macmillan, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Magus Books of Sacramento
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Extremely rare volume featuring a detailed scientific study of the human brain; 538pp. plus 166 plates (drawn by the author's wife). Near-fine with ownership signature on front pastedown, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust… jacket with a bit of darkening to spine and some loss at the extremities. Wertham was a well-respected progressive psychiatrist who treated poor black patients at his Harlem-based Lafargue Clinic when mental health services for people of color were uncommon. However, he remains best known for his concerns about the effects of violent imagery in mass media and the effects of comic books on the development of children. In 1954 he published "Seduction of the Innocent," which asserted that comic books caused youth to become delinquents. Wertham also wrote articles and testified before government inquiries into comic books, most notably as part of a U.S. Congressional inquiry into the comic book industry. Wertham's work--along with the 1954 comic book hearing--led to creation of the Comics Code, although later scholars cast doubt on his observations. Wertham's views on mass media were subsequently overshadowed by his broader concerns with violence and protecting children from psychological harm, and his writings about the effects of racial segregation were used as evidence in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education. Wertham, Florence (illustrator).
