NEURASTHENIA AND THE REST CURE.

Hysteria and Neurasthenia

selection was amply justified is proved by the wholly admirable work which Dr. Michell Clarke has given us. The phenomena of hysteria have been known and separately recognised in a more or less perfect degree for long past, and good descriptions of the symptom-complex exist in our own and many other languages. The continued evolution of neurology, however, has made more extensive the area of wh...

Neurasthenia in the Tropics

Sir,?May I have your permission to endorse the hope of Major R. Knowles, i.m.s., that the very interesting paper on "Neurasthenia" read recently by Lieut.Col. H. W. Acton, i.m.s., before the Aledical Section of the Bengal Asiatic Society, will attain the intensive study and appreciation which it so richly deserves? As might only be expected of him, Colonel Acton has given his colleagues the wor...

A Manual of Neurasthenia

writing the book, and to enjoy the extraordinary, naivete in which it abounds. Although the author is not one of those who still recognises the existence of only twoneuroses, viz., hysteria and neurasthenia, it cannot be said that he presents a very clear picture of the latter. Neurasthenia is a term which has been applied recklessly to a perfectly distinguishable group of neuroses. The reason ...

Neurasthenia in Anglo-Indians

Unloading the trunk: neurasthenia, CFS and race.

The aetiologies of both chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and its predecessor neurasthenia, have been linked to technological advances in 'developed' countries. This paper discusses how this has led to a form of race thinking within discussions about fatigue which has persisted for more than a century. We review the historical development of this race thinking from neurasthenia to CFS and describe...