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Heather R. Beatty Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
Heather R. Beatty Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
Heather R. Beatty Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain

Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain

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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.

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Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain, Heather R. Beatty

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2016
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Titolo
Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Routledge
Pubblicato
2016
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
256
ISBN10
113866460x
ISBN13
9781138664609
Serie
Categoria
SaggisticaStoria
Storie vereStoria
SaggisticaScienze socialiPsicologia
Tag
Tema stórico, Salute & Medicina, Temi psicologici, Altra storia
Descrizione
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.