Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1421

JAMES COWLES PRICHARD (1786-1848) A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1835 [6] xvi, 483, [9] 7 pp. 22.2 cm.

A medical graduate of Edinburgh, Prichard was physician to the Bristol Infirmary from 1814 until 1845 when he became England's commissioner in lunacy. He is well known for his work in the field of anthropology and served as president of the Royal Anthropological Institute. The present work introduced Prichard's concept that moral insanity was a mental illness. Today we identify moral insanity with the individual who suffers from a psychopathic personality.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 4928; Waller 7633