Neurasthenic nation
Subtitle: America's search for health, happiness, and comfort, 1869-1920
By: David G. Schuster
Series: Critical issues in health and medicine; Critical issues in health and medicine
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780813551319
Subjects: Health and hygiene; History, 19th Century; Americans; Neurasthenia; Industrial revolution; History; History, 20th Century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Professional medicine and the discovery of neurasthenia; title: The popular diagnosis; title: The search of inspiration; title: Neurasthenia, health, and gender; title: Lifestyle and managing the healthy balance; title: The decline of neurasthenia.