Neurology and Modernity: A Cultural History of Nervous Systems, 1800-1950

by Andrew Shail and Laura Salisbury

Book Overview

An exploration of the habits of the modern era beside cultural notions discovering brain function and the nervous system to be central to health and illness. It looks at debates within neurology and culture through neurological works, popular advice, and the appearance of neurological disorders within the aesthetic artefacts of modernity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230233139
• ISBN13: 9780230233133
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"