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From paralysis to fatigue
a history of psychosomatic illness in the modern era
By Shorter, Edward
- ISBN
- 978-0-02928-665-4
- Publisher
- New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 1991
Shorter (history, Univ. of Toronto), whose most recent books include Bedside Manners ( LJ 3/1/86) and Women's Bodies (Transaction Pubs., 1990), here catalogs the aches and pains of countless legions from the 18th century to the present. His hypothesis is that "historical eras shape their own symptoms'' of illness an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
