From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era / Edition 1

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era / Edition 1

by Edward Shorter
ISBN-10:
0029286670
ISBN-13:
9780029286678
Pub. Date:
06/07/1993
Publisher:
Free Press
ISBN-10:
0029286670
ISBN-13:
9780029286678
Pub. Date:
06/07/1993
Publisher:
Free Press
From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era / Edition 1

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era / Edition 1

by Edward Shorter
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Overview

This fascinating history of psychosomatic disorders shows how patients throughout the centuries have produced symptoms in tandem with the cultural shifts of the larger society. Newly popularized diseases such as "chronic fatigue syndrome" and "total allergy syndrome" are only the most recent examples of patients complaining of ailments that express the truths about the culture in which they live.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780029286678
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 06/07/1993
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 420
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Edward Lazare Shorter is a historian who is Professor & Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His specializations are in the history of medicine and psychiatry.
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