Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum : Doctors, Patients, and Practices.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective Series
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Table of 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
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- Bodies and Practices
- The Spaces of the Asylum
- An Old Disease Resurfaces
- Appendix: Demographic Characteristics of West Riding Lunatic Asylum Admissions
- Bibliography
- Index.