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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