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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.

Phrenitis and the Pathology of the Mind in Western Medical Thought

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 9/18/2025
      ISBN-13 9781009241342
      978-1009241342
      ISBN-10 1009241346
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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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