Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
| Author | : Heather R Beatty |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 274 |
| Release | : 2015-10-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781317321095 |
| ISBN-13 | : 131732109X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain by : Heather R Beatty
Download or read book Nervous Disease in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain written by Heather R Beatty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
