POMME (Pierre). TREATY ON VAPOROUS AFFECTIONS OF BOTH SEXES, or NERVOUS DISEASES, commonly called NERVOUS DISEASE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1782. In-quarto ½ red long-grained morocco with small corners, smooth spine partitioned and decorated in gold, green morocco title page, gilt edges (period binding); portrait-frontispiece, XII-595 pages, VI pages of table, (1) f. of errata. Light staining in the upper right-hand corner of the body of the book and in the lateral margins of the first and last leaves, without affecting the text, small loss at the lower headpiece, partly rubbed edges with small loss, 2 small wormholes at the tail of the spine and at the spine. NEW EDITION, the only one in in-4 format, with a BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT engraved on the frontispiece by Le Vasseur after Kymli. This substantially enlarged edition was published at government expense. The first edition was published in 1760 by Desaint et Saillant. Pierre POMME (1728-1814), a doctor from Arles, became famous for his treatment of nervous diseases. A precursor of psychiatry, he studied "vapours" two years after Raulin. In the sixteenth century, vapours were an exclusively female ailment, causing convulsions and hysterical attacks, and were held responsible for a multitude of ailments. ¶ Jean MONTEIL, "Pierre Pomme et les maladies nerveuses au XVIIIe siècle" - Not in Garrison & Morton.