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From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era

From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era

Current price: $22.95
Publication Date: June 7th, 1993
Publisher:
Free Press
ISBN:
9780029286678
Pages:
420
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Description

This fascinating history of psychosomatic disorders shows how patients throughout the centuries have produced symptoms in tandem with the cultural shifts of the larger society. Newly popularized diseases such as "chronic fatigue syndrome" and "total allergy syndrome" are only the most recent examples of patients complaining of ailments that express the truths about the culture in which they live.

About the Author

Edward Lazare Shorter is a historian who is Professor & Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His specializations are in the history of medicine and psychiatry.