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How the brain lost its mind : sex, hysteria, and the riddle of mental illness

Ropper, Allan H.2020
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This title tells the rich and compelling story of two confounding ailments, syphilis and hysteria, and the extraordinary efforts to confront their effects on mental life. How does the mind work? Where does madness lie, in the brain or in the mind? How should it be treated?
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Imprint:
London : Atlantic Books, 2020.
Collation:
xii, 243 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Avery, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781786491800 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
616.89009616.89616.89 ROP
Language:
English
BRN:
1883953
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