‘Neurasthenia gastrica’ revisited: perceptions of nerve-gut interactions in nervous exhaustion, 1880–1920
In this paper, some of the medical literature on the historical disease-concept of ‘neurasthenia gastrica’ is reviewed. Neurasthenia gastrica was defined as a sub-unit of the wider category of neurasthenia, also referred to as nervous exhaustion or nervous weakness. Neurasthenia was a commonly used...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16512235.2018.1553438 |