Depression and Melancholy, 1660–1800 vol 1 - Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

By Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

Release Date: 2024-08-01

Genre: History

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As a psychiatric term ‘depression’ dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: ‘melancholy’ carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.

Depression and Melancholy, 1660–1800 vol 1 - Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

By Leigh Wetherall Dickson, Allan Ingram, David Walker, Anita O'Connell & Michelle Faubert

Release Date: 2024-08-01

Genre: History

(0 ratings)
As a psychiatric term ‘depression’ dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: ‘melancholy’ carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.

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