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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Treatise on madness.

London: J. Whiston & B. White, 1758.

Battie was among the first to teach psychiatry at the bedside. His book is the first English text book on the subject. Reprinted with J. Monro’s Remarks on Dr. Battie’s treatise on madness, London, Dawsons, 1962.

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Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#4919.1
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6101
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLtreatise-on-madness

Geographic Context

Publication place: London