Pellagra and Pellagrous Insanity During the Long Nineteenth Century / / David Gentilcore, Egidio Priani.
This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were...
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| Superior document: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing,, 2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 174) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Rough Skin: An Introduction.- Part I. Pellagra.- 2. Medical Reactions to a New Disease in the Eighteenth Century.- 3. The Aetiological Turn in the Nineteenth Century.- 4.The Bacteriological Divide: Pellagra in Italy and the United States during the Twentieth Century.- Interlude: Patient Voices.- Part II. Pellagrous Insanity.- 5. Institutionalising Pellagrous Insanity.- 6. Understanding Insanity: Pellagra and General Paralysis of the Insane in Italy and the United Kingdom.- 7. Experiencing the Asylum.- 8. Conclusion: Leaving the Asylum.