1. In this section, only selected references are given: for reasons of space, the author has chosen to list a small number of epoch-making, classical works. A complete list of all bibliographical material may be found, should the reader desire, in Stone MH. (1996). Healing of the mind – Psychiatry from antiquity to the present. WW Norton.
2. Bacon, F. (1640). Of the advancement and proficience of learning. Leon Lichfield.
3. Beard, G. M. (1875). A practical treatise on the medical and surgical uses of electricity. William Wood.
4. Bigelow, H. (1850). Dr. Harlow’s case of recovery from the passage of an iron bar through the head. American Journal of Medical Science, 19(July), 5–12.
5. Bleuler, E. (1911). Dementia Praecox oder Gruppe der Schizophrenien. Franz Deuticke.