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Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum : Doctors, Patients, and Practices.

By: Wallis, Jennifer.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Copyright date: �2017Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (283 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319567143.Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 616.89004109034 Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Histories of the Body -- The Body and Practice -- The West Riding Asylum -- General Paralysis of the Insane -- The Asylum Patient -- Outline of this Book -- 2 Skin -- Fragments of Asylum Practice -- Photographs in the Asylum and the Archive -- The Growth of Dermatology -- The Skin in General Paralysis -- The Skin as Site of Surgery and Therapy -- 3 Muscle -- Body and Brain in the Late Nineteenth Century -- General Paralysis and Muscle Wastage -- Muscle and Mind -- Physical Examination and Inscription -- The Patient and the Case Record -- 4 Bone -- A Culture of Violence? -- The Role of the Inquest -- General Paralysis and Softened Bones -- Quantifying the Bodily Fabric -- Questioning Pathological Research and Alienist Expertise -- 5 Brain -- Studying the Brain -- Viewing and Reading the Brain -- Localising Lesions -- Putting the Brain Under the Microscope -- 6 Fluid -- The Possibilities of the Postmortem -- Trepanation and General Paralysis -- Differential Diagnosis: General Paralysis and Alcohol -- Toxins in General Paralysis -- Predisposition and Mental Disease -- Conclusion -- Outline placeholder -- Bodies and Practices -- The Spaces of the Asylum -- An Old Disease Resurfaces -- Appendix: Demographic Characteristics of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Admissions -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Histories of the Body -- The Body and Practice -- The West Riding Asylum -- General Paralysis of the Insane -- The Asylum Patient -- Outline of this Book -- 2 Skin -- Fragments of Asylum Practice -- Photographs in the Asylum and the Archive -- The Growth of Dermatology -- The Skin in General Paralysis -- The Skin as Site of Surgery and Therapy -- 3 Muscle -- Body and Brain in the Late Nineteenth Century -- General Paralysis and Muscle Wastage -- Muscle and Mind -- Physical Examination and Inscription -- The Patient and the Case Record -- 4 Bone -- A Culture of Violence? -- The Role of the Inquest -- General Paralysis and Softened Bones -- Quantifying the Bodily Fabric -- Questioning Pathological Research and Alienist Expertise -- 5 Brain -- Studying the Brain -- Viewing and Reading the Brain -- Localising Lesions -- Putting the Brain Under the Microscope -- 6 Fluid -- The Possibilities of the Postmortem -- Trepanation and General Paralysis -- Differential Diagnosis: General Paralysis and Alcohol -- Toxins in General Paralysis -- Predisposition and Mental Disease -- Conclusion -- Outline placeholder -- Bodies and Practices -- The Spaces of the Asylum -- An Old Disease Resurfaces -- Appendix: Demographic Characteristics of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Admissions -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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