Tormented hope : nine hypochondriac lives /: nine hypochondriac lives. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Dillon.
• Other Names: Dillon, Brian, 1969-
• Contents: Introduction: a history of hypochondria -- James Boswell's English malady -- Charlotte Bronte: a little nervous subject -- On the expression of emotion: Charles Darwin -- Florence Nightingale and the privelge of discontent -- The exaltation of Alice James -- The delusions of Daniel Paul Schreber -- Marcel Proust and common sense -- Glenn Gould: not of the world -- Andy Warhol's magic disease.
• Publisher Details: Dublin, Ireland New York : Penguin Ireland
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Subjects: 362.196852500922; Health Psychology; Hypochondria -- Patients -- Biography; Hypochondria; Hypochondriasis; Biography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141957937
• Related ISBNs: 014195793X; 9781844881345; 1844881342
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.