Neurasthenic Nation : America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869-1920 /

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Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia, the ill effects of modern civilization such as insomnia or impotence, helped doctors and patients, men and women, and advertisers and consumers negotiate changes commonly associated with modernity; Combining a survey of medical and po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schuster, David G., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Neurasthenia
Americans > Health and hygiene
Health.
Medicine.
Social sciences.
MEDICAL > History.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
medicines (material)
social sciences.
health.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine.
Sciences sociales.
Sante.
Neurasthenie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Neurasthenie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Medicine
Social Sciences
Health
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Neurasthenia > history
History, 19th Century > United States.
Neurasthenia > United States > History.
History, 20th Century > United States.
Industrial revolution > Health aspects > United States.
Americans > Health and hygiene > History > 20th century.
Americans > Health and hygiene > History > 19th century.
Neurasthenia > United States > History > 20th century.
Neurasthenia > United States > History > 19th century.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Professional medicine and the discovery of neurasthenia
  • The popular diagnosis
  • The search for inspiration: neurasthenia and therapeutic spirituality
  • Neurasthenia, health and gender
  • Lifestyle and managing the healthy balance
  • The decline of neurasthenia.

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