Rutgers University Press
Edition Details: Edited by Rosenberg, Charles E. and Janet Golden.
Physical Details: xxvi + 326 pp.; notes; index
Description The papers by Peitzman, English, Farley, MacDonald, Hansen, and Eyler were originally published in 1989 in a supplementary volume of Milbank Quarterly, and are entered separately in the 1990 Current Bibliography. They have been revised for this book publication. Contents: Rosenberg, Charles E.: Introduction: Framing disease: Illness, society, and history. Peitzman, Steven J.: From Bright's disease to end-stage renal disease. English, Peter C.: Emergence of rheumatic fever in the 19th century. Farley, John: Parasites and the germ theory of disease. Lawrence, Christopher: “Definite and material”: Coronary thrombosis and cardiologists in the 1920s. MICHAEL MacDONALD: The medicalization of suicide in England: Laymen, physicians, and cultural change, 1500-1870. Hansen, Bert: American physicians' “discovery” of homosexuals, 1880-1900: A new diagnosis in a changing society. Brumberg, Joan Jacobs: From psychiatric syndrome to “communicable” disease: The case of anorexia nervosa. Aronowitz, Robert A.: From myalgic encephalitis to yuppie flu: A history of chronic fatigue syndromes. Markowitz, Gerald, Rosner, David: The illusion of medical certainty: Silicosis and the politics of industrial disability, 1930-1960. Tighe, Janet A.: The legal art of psychiatric diagnosis: Searching for reliability. Bates, Barbara: Quid pro quo in chronic illness: Tuberculosis in Pennsylvania, 1876-1926. Dwyer, Ellen: Stories of epilepsy, 1880-1930. Eyler, John M.: The sick poor and the state: Arthur Newsholme on poverty, disease, and responsiblity. Fee, Elizabeth: Henry E. Sigerist: His interpretations of the history of disease and the future of medicine.
Review Cole, T.R. (1993/94) Review of "Framing disease: Studies in cultural history". Journal of American History (pp. 660-61).
Review Hamilton, D. (1994) Review of "Framing disease: Studies in cultural history". Nursing History Review: Official Journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing (pp. 209-13).
Review Magner, L.N. (1995) Review of "Framing disease: Studies in cultural history". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 85-88).
Review Jones, K.W. (1994) Review of "Framing disease: Studies in cultural history". Journal of Interdisciplinary History (pp. 322-24).
Chapter Lawrence, Christopher (1992) “Definite and material”: Coronary thrombosis and cardiologists in the 1920s. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 50).
Chapter Brumberg, Joan Jacobs (1992) From psychiatric syndrome to “communicable” disease: The case of anorexia nervosa. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 135).
Chapter Aronowitz, Robert A. (1992) From myalgric encephalitis to yuppie flu: A history of chronic fatigue syndromes. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 155).
Chapter Tighe, Janet A. (1992) The legal art of psychiatric diagnosis: Searching for reliability. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 206).
Chapter Bates, Barbara (1992) Quid pro quo in chronic illness: Tuberculosis in Pennsylvania, 1876-1926. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 229).
Chapter Markowitz, Gerald; Rosner, David (1992) The illusion of medical certainty: Silicosis and the politics of industrial disease, 1930-1960. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 185).
Chapter Dwyer, Ellen (1992) Stories of epilepsy, 1880-1930. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 248).
Chapter Fee, Elizabeth (1992) Henry E. Sigerist: His interpretations of the history of disease and the future of medicine. In: Framing disease: Studies in cultural history (p. 297).
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