Discours Prononcé sur la Tombe de M. Pinel, Membre de l'Académie Royale de Médecine; par M. Pariset
Paris: L'Imprimerie de Rignoux, 1826. Pamphlet. 4 p.; 26 cm. Caption title. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. No date of publication; Pinel died in 1826. "Ch Ravel" written above title; "95" written next to title, in which one word is underlined. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Étienne Pariset (1770-1847), was a French physician who founded the Société Protectrice des Animaux and was a doctor at the Salpêtrière Hospital, where he was the physician for the insane. Philippe Pinel (1745-1826) was a French physician who developed more humane techniques for the care of psychiatric patients. In Very Good Condition: pages are darkened along upper edges; former owner's notations, as described; otherwise, clean. Scarce. Very Good. Item #005891
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