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From paralysis to fatigue : a history of psychosomatic illness in the modern era

By - Shorter, Edward
Floor - Floor 2
Published - Free Press ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, New York, Toronto, New York, ©1993
ISBN 10 - 0029286670
ISBN 13 - 9780029286678
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Social medicine
Shelf No - 8
Call Number - 616.0019 SHO
Physical Description - xii, 419 pages ; 25 cm
Notes - Includes Index
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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.

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