Life in the sick-room
By: Harriet Martineau ; edited by Maria H. Frawley
Contributors: Frawley, Maria H., 1961-
Series: Broadview literary texts; Romantic era redefined
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont; Orchard Park, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Health; Knowledge; Medicine; English Authors; Biography; Feminists; Invalids in literature; Social reformers
Description: "Believing herself to be suffering from incurable condition, Harriet Martineau wrote Life in the Sick-Room in 1844. In this work, which is both memoir and treatise, Martineau seeks to educate the healthy and ill alike on the spiritual and psychological dimensions of chronic suffering. Covering such topics are "Sympathy to the Invalid," "Temper," and "Becoming Inured," the work occupies a crucial place in the culture of invalidism that prospered in Victorian England." "This Broadview edition also includes: medical documents pertaining to Martineau's case; other writings on health by Martineau; excerpts from her other autobiographical writings; selected correspondence with Florence Nightingale; excerpts from contemporary works of sick-room literature; and reviews."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Appendices (p. 164-257) include additional material by and about the author and book.

Originally published: London : Moxon, 1844.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-260).