Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought: (Fifth Century Bce to Twentieth Century Ce)

Author/Contributor(s):	Thumiger, Chiara
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/18/2025
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"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"--