Andrew Harper

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Andrew Harper († 1790 in Liverpool ) was an English surgeon and medical scholar .

Life

Harper worked in Liverpool around 1785.

Services

Erwin H. Ackerknecht considers Harpert to be a theoretician of the psychogenic causation of mental illness. Harper is seen as one of the main psychics advocates .

Fonts

  • A treatise on the real cause and cure of insanity; in which the nature and distinctions of this disease are fully explained. C. Stalker / J. Walter, London 1789.
    • Treatise on the Real Cause and Cure of Insanity. Translated from English by GW Consbruch. New Academic Bookshop, Marburg 1792.
  • The economy of health . Or, a medical essay: containing new and familiar instructions for the attainment of health, happiness and longevity. Printed for the author, and sold by C. Stalker, 1785 (?)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DNB
  2. ↑ Ackerknecht, Erwin H .: Brief history of psychiatry . Enke, Stuttgart 3 1985, ISBN 3-432-80043-6 ; Page 36
  3. ↑ Peters, Uwe Henrik : Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 3 1984; Lexicon-Stw. "Psychic," page 436
personal data
SURNAME Harper, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harper, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English medic
DATE OF BIRTH 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 1790
Place of death Liverpool