Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1604

ALEXANDRE JACQUES FRANçOIS BRIERRE DE BOISMONT (1798-1881) Du suicide et de la folie suicide. Germer Baillière; London: H. Baillière 1856 xvi, 663 pp. 22 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1602

Although this is a later work of Brierre de Boismont's, it is an early work on suicide. A comprehensive treatise, the book includes an historical survey, discusses social factors and legal issues related to suicide, and describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of "la folie suicide."

Cited references: Waller 1455

Gift of John Martin, M.D.