L Stephen Jacyna, Stephen Casper

The Neurological Patient in History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essays from noted contributors trace the evolution of the neurological patient's role, treatment, and place in the history of medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9781580464758
• ISBN-10: 1580464750
• Artikelnr.: 40200269

Autorenporträt

L. Stephen Jacyna, Stephen T. Casper

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Patient's Pitch: The Neurologist, the Tuning Fork, and
Textbook Knowledge Neurological Patients as Experimental Subjects: Epilepsy
Studies in the United States Speaking for Yourself: The Medico-Legal
Aspects of Aphasia in Nineteenth-Century Britain The Spouse, the
Neurological Patient, and Doctors Disappearing in Plain Sight: Public Roles
of People with Dementia in the Meaning and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease
The Cursing Patient: Neuropsychiatry Confronts Tourette's Syndrome,
1825-2008 The Psychasthenic Poet: Robert Nichols and His Neurologists The
Encephalitis Lethargica Patient as a Window on the Soul Neuropatients in
Historyland The Neurological Patient in History: A Commentary Bibliography
List of Contributors Index