brother John Brodhead Beck, also a physician, contributed the material on infanticide. The first edition was printed in 1823, a seventh edition was issued in London in 1842, with notes by Dunlap and Darwell, and a tenth in Albany in 1850. Beck also contributed to numerous scientific journals. Another of his brothers, Lewis Caleb Beck, wrote a noted book on the Mineralogy of New York (1842). Selected works An inaugural dissertation on insanity (1811) On the utility of country medical institutions (1825) Statistics of the deaf and dumb in the State of New-York, the United States, and in various countries of Europe (1837) Notes References Further reading 1791 births 1855 deaths 19th-century American physicians Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni American forensic scientists Union College (New York) alumni Medical jurisprudence Members of the American Antiquarian Society Scientists from New York (state) The American Journal of Psychiatry editors