Books about disabilities from the New York Academy of Medicine Library

Format:

Book

Series:

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century.

History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (825 books) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

1648

Summary:

The History of Disabilities program provides access to primary sources written using terminology that was in common use by the medical establishment and general society at the time, and describes diagnoses, methodologies, procedures, and treatments that may no longer be used or were debunked by later research. Users may come across words and expressions describing individuals and groups that they find condescending, upsetting, disconcerting, offensive, and not acceptable today. MiFhGG

This collection of historical books covers a wide range of disabilities and documents diagnoses, treatments, medical knowledge of the time, and memoirs of medical professionals as well as people with disabilities. Terminology in the collection may be considered offensive, but it should be noted these are historical terms that were in common usage at the time these works were published. Rather than hide this history due to what is now perceived as negative or offensive language, we can challenge the terminology and study it in the context in which it was used. The books in this collection come from categories assigned and used by the New York Academy of Medicine Library from the nineteenth to early twentieth century. These were subject categories in common usage by the medical, legal, and psychiatric professions of the time. They include: Amputees Blind Cripples Deaf Defectives (Mental) Delinqents Disabled Exceptional Children ("exceptional" meaning "not typical" or disabled) Handicapped Idiots Speech Disorders As noted previously, while many of the terms are no longer in use and some are considered offensive, they are important for the historical study of disabilities within this collection. Following is a glossary of some common terms found throughout the collection. Bear in mind that many of these were medical, legal, and psychiatric terms in common use during the 19th and 20th centuries, or terms that were used by society historically. That does not excuse how pejorative or offensive some of the terms are, but it does provide a context for their use in the books of this collection. If you would like to learn more, it is recommended you research the etymology of the terms used.

Notes:

Date range: 1648-2000.

Includes the following publications: An experiment in education : the history of Worcester College for the Blind, 1866-1966; The physiology of digestion : with experiments on the gastric juice ; Electrical psychology : its theoretical and practical principles; and others.

Reproduction of the original from the New York Academy of Medicine.

OCLC:

1477835706