Victorian medical information

Aug 28, 2010 21:17

Hello

I'm looking for someone at whom I can fire questions about Victorian medical psychological stuff. More precisely, the topic of melancholia (which I think was their term for depression).

Diagnosis, classification of different types of it, proposed treatments, that sort of thing.

It's true that there's a lot of literature out there on the Internet ( Read more... )

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spacefall August 28 2010, 20:25:35 UTC
If you have time for a bit of reading, I'd recommend `Shattered Nerves': Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England by Janet Oppenheim

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kate_lear September 2 2010, 19:52:59 UTC
Sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks very much for the book recommendation, I'll definitely try to get my hands on a copy! Sounds very useful.

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