Professional medicine and the discovery of neurasthenia -- The popular diagnosis -- The search for inspiration: neurasthenia and therapeutic spirituality -- Neurasthenia, health and gender -- Lifestyle and managing the healthy balance -- The decline of neurasthenia
Summary
Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia, the ill effects of modern civilization such as insomnia or impotence, helped doctors and patients, men and women, and advertisers and consumers negotiate changes commonly associated with modernity; Combining a survey of medical and popular literature on neurasthenia with original research into rare archives of personal letters, patient records, and corporate files, David Schuster charts the emergence of a neurasthenic nation; a place where people saw their personal health as inextricably tied to ..
