{"product_id":"a-male-hysteria-diabetes-and-the-victorian-mind-paperback-softback-9781606189016","title":"A Male Hysteria; Diabetes and the Victorian Mind (Paperback \/ softback) 9781606189016","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Male Hysteria\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiabetes and the Victorian Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Beasley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781606189016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 4 images, B\u0026amp;W\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.642 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Beasley … does an incredible job capturing the history of medical treatments (which were sometimes, but not always, based in science) as well as the evolving human story of what it has meant in different eras to live with [diabetes]. To derive this multifaceted understanding, he draws from diverse sources that include not only expert medical texts but also personal correspondence and other forms of writing that document the experiences of diabetic patients themselves. Beasley's prose and engaging storytelling make this book appropriate for a wide audience of readers, including historians of medicine but also physicians, other health care providers, scholars in adjacent disciplines, and diabetic patients themselves.\" - Amy Koerber (Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of diabetes science and the experience of diabetics in the nineteenth-century England\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Male Hysteria\u003c\/i\u003e examines both the science of diabetes in nineteenth-century England and the testimony of Victorian diabetics. What could be known about diabetes given the science of the day? And what did new models of diabetes mean for the treatment and self-image of diabetics?\u003cbr\u003e Ideas about diabetes were revolutionized in 1849 by the great French physiologist Claude Bernard. After he made rabbits diabetic by pricking their brains, diabetes in England came to be thought of as neurological, even psychological in origin. British diabetics (often men) were prevented from working or becoming excited, treated in the same manner as women who were diagnosed with hysteria. Meanwhile, discoveries in thermodynamics were applied to diabetics and menstruating women. People were assumed to be closed systems, wasting energy that couldn't be replenished. Thus, diabetics had to stay still if they wanted to live and women had to stay away from education to have the energy to produce children.\u003cbr\u003e Some people resisted these hysterical views. As no brain lesion was ever found in deceased diabetics, even after decades of searching, the animal model of the disease no longer seemed to apply to humans. Some diabetic patients also resisted the hysterical picture, including medical professionals—both men and women—who refused to slow down as the new treatment regimen was mandated. Likewise, physicians at spas noted that walking long distances seemed to help diabetics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Male Hysteria\u003c\/i\u003e journeys through nineteenth-century diabetes science and the lives of diabetics. It examines how science can go wrong when models from one area of inquiry are too excitedly applied to another. It also demonstrates the persistence of the psychological stereotype of diabetics as nervous and overworked in the United Kingdom—long after medical attention turned to the pancreas and the role of insulin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Diabetes Then and Now by Andrew Scull xiii\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Diabetes Before Bernard 23\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Bernard's Revolution and the Diabetes of the Brain 49\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Diabetes and Medical Science= After Bernard 68\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Robert Saundby's Statistical and Clinical Response 95\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Hysteria and Henry Maudsley 112\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Cultural Context 135\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Lives Affected: Diabetes in the DNB 155\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Diabetes at the Spa 175\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. From the Brain to the Pancreas 193\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Insulin and After 209\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Conclusions 235\u003cbr\u003e Notes 247\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 357\u003cbr\u003e Index 409\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"American Philosophical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52621138952472,"sku":"9781606189016","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-male-hysteria-diabetes-and-the-victorian-mind-paperback-softback-9781606189016","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}