文档介绍：ELIZABETH GREEN MUSSELMAN
Nervous Conditions
Science and the Body Politic
in Early Industrial Britain
Nervous Conditions
SUNY series,
Studies in the Long eenth Century
Pamela K. Gilbert, editor
SUNY series in
Science,Technology, and Society
Sal Restivo and Jennifer Croissant, editors
NERVOUS
CONDITIONS
Science and the Body Politic
in Early Industrial Britain
ELIZABETH GREEN MUSSELMAN
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Green Musselman, Elizabeth, 1971-
Nervous conditions : science and the body politic in early industrial
Britain / Elizabeth Green Musselman.
p. cm. —(SUNY series in science, technology, and society)
(SUNY series, Studies in the Long eenth Century)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0-7914-6679-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Scientists—Mental health—Great Britain—History—19th century.
2. Nervous system—Philosophy—History—19th century.
3. Science—Philosophy—History—19th century. I. Title. II. Series.
2006
'001'9—dc22 2005014025
isbn-13 978-0-7914-6679-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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