Medicine, Emotion and Disease, 1700-1950 (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

Using interdisciplinary techniques and original research findings, "Medicine, Emotion and Disease, 1700-1950" brings together scholars in the history of medicine to address medical theories and beliefs about emotion and disease. It explores such issues as the shift from humoral to nervous interpretations of emotion; the emotional nature of the relationship between medical professionals and their patients; and the extent to which gender might influence the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of pathological emotional conditions.