From lesion to metaphor : : chronic pain in British, French and German medical writings, 1800-1914 / / Andrew Hodgkiss.

Most non-malignant chronic pain is medically unexplained. But that has not stopped doctors from trying. These improvisations at the limit of medical knowledge offer a way into the history of neurosis. Lesionless pain was a paradigmatic problem of clinical method after 1800. It was central to the eme...

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Superior document:Clio Medica ; 58
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, 2000.
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 58.
Physical Description:1 online resource (iii, 218 pages)
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