The neurological patient in history. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by L. Stephen Jacyna and Stephen T. Casper.
• Other Names: Jacyna, L. S; Casper, Stephen T
• Contents: Frontcover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Medicine Constructs the "Neurological Patient"; 1 The Patient's Pitch; 2 Neurological Patients as Experimental Subjects; Part Two: Public and Private Constructions of the "Neurological Patient"; 3 Speaking for Yourself; 4 The Spouse, the Neurological Patient, and Doctors; Part Three: Patient Groups Construct the "Neurological Patient"; 5 Disappearing in Plain Sight; 6 The Cursing Patient; Part Four: The Patient Constructs the "Neurological Patient"; 7 The Psychasthenic Poet. 8 The Encephalitis Lethargica Patient as a Window on the SoulPart Five: Historians Construct the "Neurological Patient"; 9 Neuropatients in Historyland; 10 The Neurological Patient in History; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index; Backcover.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, N.Y : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages)
• Subjects: 616.8 616.8009; Nervous system -- Diseases -- History; Patients -- History; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain); MEDICAL -- Neurology; HISTORY -- Modern -- General; Nervous system -- Diseases; Patients; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467704; 1580467709; 9781580468534; 1580468535
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 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.