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

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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Main Author: Schuster, David G., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Series:Critical issues in health and medicine.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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 popular literature on neurasthenia with original research into rare archives of personal letters, patient records, and corporate files, David Schuster charts the emergence of a neurasthenic nation; a place where people saw their personal health as inextricably tied to ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages :)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813552224
0813552222