Anatomy of insanity
- Author/Creator:
- Cummins, Maureen
- Publication/Creation:
- [High Falls, NY] : [Maureen Cummins], [2008]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Anatomy of insanity / Maureen Cummins
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564
McLean Hospital
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Artists' books
- Subjects:
- Mental illness--Treatment--History--19th century
Psychiatric hospitals--Massachusetts
Artists' books--Specimens
Mental disorders
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- The book is based on research that the artist conducted in the archives of McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. Data was taken from original patient records spanning the years from 1819-1843. McLean was renowned for being one of the first and most progressive mental hospitals in the United States.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 50 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
- General Note:
- A limited edition artist's book that documents the gendered beliefs about insanity that existed in the nineteenth century.
Includes drawings by the sixteenth century anatomist, Andreas Vesalius.
Edition of 30 copies. - Local Note:
- Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy is no. 25, signed by Cummins.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990023250590302486
- OCLC Number:
- 232158000
- Barcode:
- 10002331528
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