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[Psychiatry] Rush, Benjamin. Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind. Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson, 1812. First edition. Original tree calf neatly re-backed with an old red morocco label laid down. 8vo. 367pp. Scattered foxing as usual. Considered the first American book on psychiatry and a pioneering work considering the state of science at the time. In noting the causes of madness, Rush writes that “The frequent and rapid transition of the mind from one subject to another. It is said booksellers have sometimes become deranged from this cause.” p. 37