Item #66870 The Medical Man and the Witch During the Renaissance. The Hideyo Noguchi Lectures]; Publication of the Institute of the History of Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University. Third Series. Volume II. Gregory ZILBOORG, Henry Sigerist. Johann Meyer.

The Medical Man and the Witch During the Renaissance. The Hideyo Noguchi Lectures]; Publication of the Institute of the History of Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University. Third Series. Volume II

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Green cloth with yellow titling to spine; b&w illustrations, index. A psychological exploration of three aspects of historical witchcraft. The volume comprises three essays: "The Physiological and Psychological Aspects of the Malleus Maleficarum", "Medicine and the Witch in the Sixteenth Century" and "Johan Meyer" - who the author presents as not just a great humanist and thinker, but a particularly thoughtful physician of the mind. Light shelf wear with a few faint marks to cloth from handling, edges and corners lightly bumped, owner's name in pen on front blank. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy. (No dust jacket - none issued?). Item #66870

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