GEORGE III AND THE MAD-BUSINESS
by Ida Macalpine; Richard Hunter
Published by Allen Lane The Penguin Press. 1st. 1969
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. George III and the Mad-Business, argues that George III was not mad as was once thought. Instead, the author's claim that George suffered from the inherited metabolic disease, acute intermittent porphyria, a diagnosis they later amended to the milder, though even rarer disorder, variegate porphyria. This book is a fascinating combination of medical, pshychiatric and historical detection. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 407 pages including index.
Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
ISBN: 0713901063
Stock no. 1831206
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