0300107293 - Madhouse: a Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine by Scull, Andrew

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About this Item: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_240089254

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About this Item: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_289961994

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About this Item: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition, complete line of . NOT an ex library book. 360 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears. Seller Inventory # 325813

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About this Item: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: VG/VG. First Edition. Yale University Press. VG/VG. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 360 . Seller Inventory # BOOKS311930

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About this Item: Yale University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good, top edge of pages may be dirty, hardcover binding with dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to corners and edges, clean text, may contain previous owner?s signature, remainder mark, sticker/residue, or other minor aesthetic flaws. Please inquire for additional details. Last Word Books & Press is an Infamous Independent Bookstore and Print Shop located in Olympia, Washington. Seller Inventory # SKU20155361

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About this Item: Yale University Press, U.S.A., 2005. Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. As new hardcover in dust jacket. "Madhouse reveals a long-suppressed medical scandal, shocking in its brutality and sobering in its implications. It shows how a leading American psychiatrist of the early twentieth century came to believe that mental illnesses were the product of chronic infections that poisoned the brain. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to eliminate the perils of pus infection. Teeth were pulled, tonsils excised, and stomachs, spleens, colons, and uteruses were all sacrificed in the assault on focal sepsis. Many patients did not survive Cotton s surgeries; thousands more were left mangled and maimed. Cotton s work was controversial, yet none of his colleagues questioned his experimental practices. Subsequent historians and psychiatrists too have ignored the events that cast doubt on their favorite narratives of scientific and humanitarian progress. In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Andrew Scull exposes the full, frightening story of madness among the mad-doctors. Drawing on a wealth of documents and interviews, he reconstructs in vivid detail a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves.". Seller Inventory # 42316

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About this Item: Yale University Press, United States, 2005. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Madhouse reveals a long-suppressed medical scandal, shocking in its brutality and sobering in its implications. It shows how a leading American psychiatrist of the early twentieth century came to believe that mental illnesses were a purely biological phenomenon, the product of chronic infections that poisoned the brain. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to "eliminate the perils of pus infection". Teeth were pulled, tonsils excised, stomachs, spleens, colons, uteruses were all sacrificed in an extraordinary assault on "focal sepsis". Many patients did not survive Cotton's surgeries; thousands more were left mangled and maimed. Cotton's work was controversial, yet none of his colleagues questioned his experimental practices. Adolf Meyer, still regarded as the greatest American psychiatrist of the first half of the twentieth century, suppressed criticism of Cotton. The British medical establishment lionized him as 'a new Lister', and subsequent historians and psychiatrists have ignored events that questioned their favourite narratives of scientific and humanitarian progress In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Andrew Scull exposes the full, frightening story of madness among the mad-doctors. Drawing on a wealth of documents and interviews, he reconstructs in vivid detail a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves. 'a tour de force of investigative reporting and a provocative case study of megalomania, junk science and cronyism vs. the Hippocratic Oath. It's also a fast-paced medical thriller.' Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind 'The most impressive piece of narrative psychiatric history I have ever read.' William F. Bynum, Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003677055

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About this Item: Yale Univ Pr, New Haven and London, 2005. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # e17767

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