Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought

Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought
Author: Chiara Thumiger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1009241354

From an archaic, unfamiliar and Greek-sounding disease described by the Hippocratics, 'phrenitis', to meningitis, stress syndrome and delirium: this book takes the reader on a journey through key phases of Western ideas about human physiology and mental health and reflects on loss and survival in the history of disease.