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The neurological patient in history /
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries countless stories about neurological patients appeared in newspapers, books, medical papers, and films. In this kaleidoscopic study, the contributors illustrate how the neurological patient was constructed in history and came to occupy its role in We...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Rochester, N.Y. :
University of Rochester Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Rochester studies in medical history ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontcover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Medicine Constructs the "Neurological Patient"; 1 The Patient's Pitch; 2 Neurological Patients as Experimental Subjects; Part Two: Public and Private Constructions of the "Neurological Patient"; 3 Speaking for Yourself; 4 The Spouse, the Neurological Patient, and Doctors; Part Three: Patient Groups Construct the "Neurological Patient"; 5 Disappearing in Plain Sight; 6 The Cursing Patient; Part Four: The Patient Constructs the "Neurological Patient"; 7 The Psychasthenic Poet.
- 8 The Encephalitis Lethargica Patient as a Window on the SoulPart Five: Historians Construct the "Neurological Patient"; 9 Neuropatients in Historyland; 10 The Neurological Patient in History; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index; Backcover.