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John Haslam

John Haslam (1764–1844) was an English apothecary, physician and medical writer, known for his work on mental illness. Haslam's case study of James Tilly Matthews is the earliest detailed description of paranoid schizophrenia.

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A Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect

"A Letter to the Right Honorable the Lord Chancellor, on the Nature and Interpretation of Unsoundness of Mind, and Imbecility of Intellect" by John Ha...

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On the Nature of Thought Or, The act of thinking and its connexion with a perspicuous sentence

"On the Nature of Thought" by John Haslam, M.D. is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century, specifically in 1835. In this work, Has...

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Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection

"Observations on Madness and Melancholy" by John Haslam is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. The work provides a comprehensi...

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Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection

"Observations on Insanity" by John Haslam is a scientific publication written in the late 18th century. This work provides an analysis of mental disor...

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Sound Mind Or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect

"Sound Mind" by John Haslam is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work delves into the natural history and physiology of...

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Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England

"Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England" by John Haslam, M.D. is a scientific publication written in the ear...

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