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Bernard Mandeville :

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3319577794

(Number (ISBN

9783319577791

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b389714

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Bernard Mandeville :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

a treatise of the hypochondriack and hysterick diseases (1730)

First Statement of Responsibility

Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon, editor.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cham, Switzerland

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2017] ©2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series Title

Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, 223.

Text of Note

Note on the text -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A fragmentary biography -- The form and contents of the Treatise -- The Treatise and The Fable of the Bees -- Select bibliography -- Title page of the original 1711 edition -- Title page of the original 1730 edition -- Preface to the first edition (1711-) -- Preface to the second, enlarged edition (1730) -- Contents -- The first dialogue between Philopirio a physician, and Misomedon his patient -- The second dialogue between Philopirio a Physician, and Misomedon his patient -- The third dialogue between Philopirio a physician, Misomedon and Polytheca his patients -- Notes -- Notes to the note on the text and introduction -- Notes to the title page of the 1730 edition -- Notes to Mandeville's prefaces -- Notes to the First dialogue -- Notes to the Second dialogue -- Notes to the Third dialogue -- Short biographies of authors or scientists cited in the treatise -- Index.

Text of Note

This work reflects on hypochondria as well as on the global functioning of the human mind and on the place of the patient/physician relationship in the wider organisation of society. First published in 1711, revised and enlarged in 1730, and now edited and published with a critical apparatus for the first time, this is a major work in the history of medical literature as well as a complex literary creation."This work reflects on hypochondria as well as on the global functioning of the human mind and on the place of the patient/physician relationship in the wider organisation of society. First published in 1711, revised and enlarged in 1730, and now edited and published with a critical apparatus for the first time, this is a major work in the history of medical literature as well as a complex literary creation."This work reflects on hypochondria as well as on the global functioning of the human mind and on the place of the patient/physician relationship in the wider organisation of society. First published in 1711, revised and enlarged in 1730, and now edited and published with a critical apparatus for the first time, this is a major work in the history of medical literature as well as a complex literary creation.",,,,,,"Mandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in EnglandMandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in Englandand continental Europe at a time when physicians were beginning to lose ground to apothecaries.Mandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in EnglandMandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in Englandand continental Europe at a time when physicians were beginning to lose ground to apothecaries.Mandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in EnglandMandeville's aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure followed by diet and exercise, but also to discuss the practice of medicine in Englandand continental Europe at a time when physicians were beginning to lose ground to apothecaries.Read less

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Treatise of the hypochondriack and hysterick passions.; Treatise of the hypochondriack and hysterick diseases (1730)

Early works; Early works to 1900; Early works to 1800

Bernard Mandeville

Sylvie Kleiman-Lafon

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[Book]

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