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Author Musselman, Elizabeth Green, 1971-

Title Nervous conditions : science and the body politic in early industrial Britain / Elizabeth Green Musselman.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
©2006

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 Moore Stacks  RC464.A1 G74 2006    Available  ---
Description xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
SUNY series in science, technology, and society
SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.
SUNY series in science, technology, and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-266) and index.
Contents Embodied epistemology -- The nervous man of science -- The social hierarchy of subjectivity -- The nervous conditions -- Provincialism and color blindness -- Mental governance and hemiopsy -- Rational faith and hallucination.
Subject Scientists -- Mental health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Scientists.
Mental health.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Nervous system -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century.
Nervous system -- Philosophy.
Nervous system.
Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century.
Science -- Philosophy.
ISBN 0791466795 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780791466797