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American Nervousness, 1903

Author	: Tom Lutz
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 329
Release	: 1991
ISBN-10	: 0801499011
ISBN-13	: 9780801499012
Rating	: 4/5 (012 Downloads)

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Download or read book American Nervousness, 1903 written by Tom Lutz and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hysteria, insomnia, hypochondria, asthma, skin rashes, hay fever, premature baldness, inebriety, nervous exhaustion, brain-collapse--all were symptoms of neurasthenia, the bizarre psychophysiological illness that plagued America's intellectual and economic elite around the turn of the century.

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