"[S]ince the dawn of popular medicine, our cultural concerns about changes in society are likely to be expressed in the language of illness and disease."
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The sentence above was lifted from an article forwarded to me earlier today by poster platodms that discusses a nineteenth century JAMA piece on neurasthenia.
"Is the cinematograph make us stupid?"
From the blogsite: mindhacks.com
The JAMA article: jama.ama-assn.org
I thought some of the titles of the earlier references listed in the latter were rather interesting, as well, some of which appearing as if to be referring to next-generational disorders:
REFERENCES
1. Rosenberg CE. The place of George M. Beard in nineteenth-century psychiatry. Bull Hist Med. 1962;36:245-259. PUBMED
2. Gosling FG. Before Freud: Neurasthenia and the American Medical Community, 1870-1910. Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press; 1987.
3. Beard GM. Neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion. Boston Med Surg J. 1869;80:245-259.
4. Beard GM. American Nervousness, Its Causes and Consequences. New York, NY: GP Putnam's Sons; 1881.
5. Mitchell SW. Wear and Tear, or Hints for the Overworked. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: JB Lippincott; 1887.
6. Wiebe RH. The Search for Order, 1877-1920. New York, NY: Hill & Wang; 1967.
7. Mitchell SW. Fat and Blood and How to Make Them. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: JB Lippincott; 1878.
8. Strahorn RE. A summer outing on northwestern waters. Cosmopolitan. 1896;21:473-483.
9. Will BE. The nervous origins of the American West. Am Lit. 1998;70:293-316.
10. Morris RT. Doctors Versus Folks. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page & Co; 1916.
11. Lutz T. American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 1991.
12. Worcester E to Mitchell SW. S. Weir Mitchell papers, folder 32. Durham, NC: Duke University Medical Center Library, History of Medicine Collection; January 18.
13. Blumer GA. The coming of psychasthenia. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1906;33:336-353.
14. Addams J. Twenty Years at Hull House. New York, NY: Macmillan; 1910.
15. Bedell LG. A Chicago Toynbee Hall. Woman's Journal. 1889;20:162.
16. Gilman CP. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. Boston, Mass: Small Maynard; 1898.
17. Gilman CP. The "nervous breakdown" of women. Forerunner. July-August 1916:202-206.
18. National Organization for Rare Disorders. Neurasthenia. Available at: bchealthguide.org. Accessed September 9, 2003 [subscription required].
19. Carroll JV. Mystery maladies. American Legion Magazine. 2002;153:20-26.
20. Dana CL. The partial passing of neurasthenia. Boston Med Surg J. 1904;150:339-344.
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