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The Neurological Patient in History
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Description
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries countless stories about neurological patients appeared in newspapers, books, medical papers, and films. Often the patients were romanticized; indeed, it was common for physicians to cast neurological patients in a grand performance, allegedly giving audiences access to deep philosophical insights about the meaning of life and being.
Beyond these romanticized images, however, the neurological patient was difficult to diagnose. Experiments often approached unethical realms, and treatment created challenges for patients, courts, caregivers, and even for patient advocacy organizations.
In this kaleidoscopic study, the contributors illustrate how the neurological patient was constructed in history and came to occupy its role in Western culture.
Stephen T. Casper is assistant professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at Clarkson University. L. Stephen Jacyna is reader in the History of Medicine and Director of the Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
276
Release Date:
2014-01-01
Publication Date:
2014-01-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1580464750
ISBN13:
9781580464758
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Weight:
452 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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