Cultures of neurasthenia from Beard to the first world war / edited by Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra and Roy Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gijswijt-Hofstra, Marijke.

Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.

Series:

Wellcome series in the history of medicine

Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 63.

Clio medica ; 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beard, George M. (George Miller), 1839-1883.

Beard, George M.

Neurasthenia--History--19th century.

Neurasthenia.

Neurasthenia--History--20th century.

Neurasthenia--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Neurasthenia--history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

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Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : New York : Rodopi, 2001.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Neurasthenia, meaning nerve weakness, was 'invented' in the United States as a disorder of modernity, caused by the fast pace of urban life. Soon after, from the early 1880s onwards, this modern disease crossed the Atlantic. Neurasthenia became much less popular in Britain or the Netherlands than in Germany. Neurasthenia's heyday continued into the first decade of the twentieth century. The label referred to conditions similar to those currently labelled as chronic fatigue syndrome. Why this rise and fall of neurasthenia, and why these differences in popularity? This book, which emerged out of an Anglo-Dutch-German conference held in June 2000, explores neurasthenia's manysided history from a comparative perspective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Cultures of neurasthenia from Beard to the first world war (Print)

OCLC:

54647574

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