From Paralysis to Fatigue by Edward Shorter
In the 19th century, when gender roles were more confining, the dominant forms of psychosomatic illness were paralysis and hysteria. Today, when people experience confusion about the abundant possibilities available to them, when all is permitted, the dominant complaint is fatigue. Edward Shorter's history shows how patients throughout the centuries have produced symptoms in tandem with the cultural shifts of larger society. He argues that newly popularized diseases such as chronic fatigue syndrome are only the most recent examples of patients' ailments that express the deepest truths about the culture in which we live.
Edward Lazare Shorter is a historian who is Professor & Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His specializations are in the history of medicine and psychiatry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780029286678 |
| ISBN 10 | 0029286670 |
| Title | From Paralysis to Fatigue |
| Author | Edward Shorter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1993-06-07 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
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