Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain 1

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Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain

Name: Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
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Author: Heather R Beatty
ISBN: 9781848933088

Heather R Beatty

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2011

This study, based on extensive use of eighteenth-century newspapers, hospital registers and case notes, examines the experience of suffering from nervous disease - a supposedly upper-class malady. Beatty concludes that 'nervousness' was a legitimate medical diagnosis with a firm basis in eighteenth-century medical theory.

Författare: Heather R Beatty
Format: Inbunden
ISBN: 9781848933088
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 250
Utgivningsdatum: 2011-11-01
Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd