This is a rare and important medical-psychiatric work by Eugen Bleuler, the pioneering Swiss psychiatrist who introduced and developed the concept of schizophrenia (originally published as Dementia Praecox, oder, Gruppe der Schizophrenien in 1911).
This 1950 English translation (by Joseph Zinkin) presents Bleuler’s seminal text in full: his clinical observations, symptomatology, prognosis, and theoretical framework of schizophrenia.
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Why this book matters:
Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia and distinguished “fundamental” symptoms (associative disturbance, ambivalence, affective blunting) from the older concept of “dementia praecox.”
This text is foundational for the history of psychiatry and psychosis studies.
A key reference for collectors of medical, psychiatric or illness-theory works and rare antiquarian books.
