Neurasthenic Nation : America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869-1920 / David G. Schuster.
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- Neurasthenia -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Neurasthenia -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Americans -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 19th century
- Americans -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century
- Industrial revolution -- Health aspects -- United States
- Health
- Social sciences
- Medicine
- History, 20th Century -- United States
- Neurasthenia -- United States -- History
- History, 19th Century -- United States
- Neurasthenia -- history
- History, 20th Century
- History, 19th Century
- United States
- Health
- Social Sciences
- Medicine
- Neurasthénie -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Neurasthénie -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Santé
- Sciences sociales
- Médecine
- Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Médecine -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- health
- social sciences
- medicines (material)
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
- MEDICAL -- History
- Social sciences
- Medicine
- Health
- Americans -- Health and hygiene
- Neurasthenia
- United States
- 1800 - 1999
- 362.196/852800973 22
- RC552.N5 S38 2011eb
- 2011 J-802
- WM 11 AA1
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Professional medicine and the discovery of neurasthenia -- The popular diagnosis -- The search for inspiration: neurasthenia and therapeutic spirituality -- Neurasthenia, health and gender -- Lifestyle and managing the healthy balance -- The decline of neurasthenia.
Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia, the ill effects of modern civilization such as insomnia or impotence, 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 ...
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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