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Neurological Patient in History

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ISBN-10: 1580464750

ISBN-13: 9781580464758

Edition: 2014

Authors: L. Stephen Jacyna, Stephen Casper, Stephen Casper

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Description:

Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Tourette's, multiple sclerosis, stroke: all are neurological illnesses that create dysfunction, distress, and disability. With their symptoms ranging from impaired movement and paralysis to hallucinations and dementia, neurological patients present myriad puzzling disorders and medical challenges. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries countless stories about neurological patients appeared in newspapers, books, medical papers, and films. Often the patients were romanticized; indeed, it was common for physicians to cast neurological patients in a grand performance, allegedly giving audiences access to deep philosophical insights about the meaning of life…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Publication date: 1/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.13" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English