Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought : : (Fifth Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) / / Chiara Thumiger.
From an archaic, unfamiliar and Greek-sounding disease described by the Hippocratics, 'phrenitis', to meningitis, stress syndrome and delirium: this book takes the reader on a journey through key phases of Western ideas about human physiology and mental health and reflects on loss and surv...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, England : : Cambridge University Press,, [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (460 pages) |
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