[Legal psychology] J.Chr.A. Heinroth. System der psychisch-gerichtlichen Medizin,

oder theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zur wissenschaftlichen Erkenntniss und gutachtlichen Darstellung der krakhaften persönlichen Zustände, welche vor Gericht in Betracht kommen. Leipsic, C.H.F. Hartmann, 1825, XIV,554 pp., contemp. marbled boards w. manuscr. paper letterpiece on spine.

Covers and spine a bit rubbed/ chafed. A good copy from the library of Dr. Aug. Hegar, with his bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's entry in pan dated 1920 on title-p. Garrison & Morton 1736. The rare first edition of this work on the medico-legal aspects of insanity. Heinroth (1773-1843) was one of the most progressive psychiatrists of the 19th century. He was the first to use the term psychosomatic. He divided human personality into three types: the Uberuns (conscience), the Ego (mind, emotions and will) and the Fleish (basic drives, including man's sinful nature).