The Historical Development of British Psychiatry
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Centuries. By Denis Leigh (Pergamon Press. 70s.) Workers in the field of psychiatry are indebted to Dr. Denis Leigh, who has been collecting material on the history of psychiatry since boyhood, for embarking on the "Historical Development of British Psychiatry". Indeed, a work of this nature is aS essential for the student of psychiatry as the study of embryology is to the student of anatomy. The first of the three volumes of the series is well illustrated, very readable any full of biographical details which give us a very vivid picture of the psychiatric pioneers of the period covered by this volume, 1750/1850. It is clearly printed on good quality paper and expensively bound, which accounts for the high price of 70sThis book can be recommended heartily as a gift that will be highly acceptable to
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