Book ID: CBB000102046

Legend of Nietzsche's Syphilis (2001)

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Schain, Richard (Author)


Greenwood Press


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xiii + 130 pp., ports., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Challenges the widely held view that Nietzsche's actions and erratic writings were due to general paresis, or syphilis of the brain.


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Review Gilman, Sander L. (2002) Review of "Legend of Nietzsche's Syphilis". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 733). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Giovanni Lo Scocco
Faschi, Viviana
Ropper, Allan H.
Sirena, Toni
Roberto Davalli
Wrigley, Richard
Concepts
Medicine
Mental disorders and diseases
Syphilis
Biographies
Sexually transmitted diseases
Psychiatry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Scotland
Netherlands
Italy
France
Europe
British Isles
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