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More on Literature and the History of Neuroscience: Using the Writings of Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914) in Teaching the History of Neuroscience
Mary Harrington’s recent editorial on “Literature and the History of Neuroscience” (Harrington, 2006) indicated how Charlotte Gillman’s novel The Yellow Wallpaper (Gillman, 1892) is instructive to students of neuroscience by illustrating the changing concepts in mental illness and doctor-patient relationships, especially with regards to the historical contexts of cultural and gender issues. In ...
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This article examines how the affliction of neurasthenia, commonly diagnosed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, acted as a catalyst for intellectual and lifestyle changes during a time of modernization. At the center of the study are three individuals: neurologist S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) and two of his patients, critic and historian Amelia Gere Mason (1831-1923) and writ...
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BACKGROUND Silas Weir Mitchell (1829 to 1914), one of the most important neurologists in American Medicine, was known for his seminal work on the phantom limb syndrome, causalgia, and nerve injuries. He was also a prolific writer of novels and short stories. The neurologic content of this fiction has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To assess the extent that references to neurologic topics were pr...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.55.10.924