From Lesion to Metaphor: Chronic Pain in British French And German Medical Writings 1800-1914

By Andrew Hodgkiss

Book Overview

Most non-malignant chronic pain is medically unexplained. But that has not stopped doctors from trying. These improvisations at the limit of medical knowledge offer a way into the history of neurosis.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042008210
• ISBN13: 9789042008212
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Brill Rodopi
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"