Clinical psychiatry in imperial Germany : a history of psychiatric practice / Eric J. Engstrom.

Author/creator Engstrom, Eric J.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxii, 295 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Psychiatry--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Mental illness--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Psychiatry--history.
History, 19th Century.
Mental Disorders--history.
Germany.

SeriesCornell studies in the history of psychiatry
Cornell studies in the history of psychiatry. ^A380102
Contents The topography of mid-nineteenth-century psychiatry -- Wilhelm Griesinger's reform program : the politics of the urban Asylum -- Laboratory science : psychiatric research in the 1870s and 1880s -- Bedside science : clinical research in Heidelberg -- Clinical teaching -- Social prophylaxis : psychiatric polyclinics -- Conclusion : clinical psychiatry and the politics of professional practice.
Review "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-289) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2003019788
ISBN0801441951 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780801441950 (cloth ; alk. paper)