Author: David G. Schuster
Edition: 1
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0813551315
Neurasthenic Nation: America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869-1920 (Critical Issues in Health and Medicine)
As the United States rushed toward industrial and technological modernization in the late nineteenth century, people worried that the workplace had become too competitive, the economy too turbulent, domestic chores too taxing, while new machines had created a fast-paced environment that sickened the nation. Medical books Neurasthenic Nation. Physicians testified that, without a doubt, modern civilization was causing a host of ills—everything from irritability to insomnia, lethargy to weight loss, anxiety to lack of ambition, and indigestion to impotence. They called this condition neurasthenia.
Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia 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 the pitfalls and possibilities of a changing world Medical books Neurasthenic Nation: America's Search For Health, Happiness, And Comfort, 1869-1. author david g schuster format hardback language english publication year 15 09 2011 series critical issues in health and medicine series subject family health relationships subject 2 family health general title neurasthenic nation america s search for health happiness and comfort 1869 1920 author schuster david publisher rutgers univ pr publication date sep 28 2011 pages 203 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 6 25 wx 9 25 hx 1 00 d isbn 0813551315 subject medical psychiatry general des
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Medical Book Neurasthenic Nation
Physicians testified that, without a doubt, modern civilization was causing a host of ills—everything from irritability to insomnia, lethargy to weight loss, anxiety to lack of ambition, and indigestion to impotence. They called this condition neurasthenia.
Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia 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 the pitfalls and possibilities of a changing world.
