Manuscripts

Death by Electricity

Description: Collection of correspondence, papers, and ephemera related to the life and professional work of Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka and his father Dr. Edward Charles Spitzka. The chief subjects covered are: neurology, criminology, psychiatry and behavioral psychology and brain morphology.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1893-1912
Call number: mssSpitzka1
Creator: Spitzka, Edward Anthony (1876-1922)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Series 1, 2, and 3 were purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books, May 2018.; Series 4 was purchased from The Key Antiques, June 2018.
Associated people: Allen, Harrison, (1841-1897.); Ariëns Kappers, C. U. (1877-1946.); Bailey, Pearce, (1865-1922.); Bardeen, Charles Russell, (1871-1935.); Bryce, Thomas Hastie, (1862-1946.); Crichton-Browne, James, (1840-1938.); Daland, Judson. (1871-1945.); Dreiser, Theodore, (1856-1931.); Dercum, Francis X. (1859-1939.); Ellis, Havelock, (1872-1956.); Gies, William John, (1870-1959.); Harrison, Ross G. (1847-1925.); Hays, I. Minis (1844-1907.); Hirt, Ludwig, (1869-1943.); Hrdlička, Aleš, (1873-1946.); Judd, Charles Hubbard, (1837-1932.); Keen, William W. (1840-1902.); Krafft-Ebing, R. von (1866-1932.); Leidy, Joseph, (1845-1926.); MacDonald, Carlos F. (1862-1917.); Mall, Franklin P. (1850-1927.); Manouvrier, L. (1846-1928.); Marchand, Felix, (1862-1941.); Matiegka, Jindřich, (1857-1949.); McClure, S. S. (1877-1959.); Miller, Francis Trevelyan, (1845-1931.); Mills, Charles K. (1852-1929.); Morselli, Enrico Agostino, (1851-1913.); Näcke, Paul, (1849-1919.); Osler, William, (1879-1940.); Pearl, Raymond, (1856-1920.); Peary, Robert E. (1843-1898.); Pepper, William, (1841-1917.); Rauber, A. (1833-1920.); Simms, Joseph, (1850-1934.); Smith, William Benjamin, (1863-1940.); Spiller, William G. (1852-1914.); Spitzka, E. C. (1858-1933.); Starr, Frederick, (1854-1932.); Starr, M. Allen (1875-1945.); Train, Arthur, (1841-1925.); Wilder, Burt G. (1860-1915.); Woodruff, Charles Edward, (1845-1922.); Wyeth, John A. (1854-1931.); Yamakawa, Kenjirō,
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