Article ID: CBB900221583

‘The voice of the stomach’: the mind, hypochondriasis and theories of dyspepsia in the nineteenth century (2021)

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Physicians and surgeons during the nineteenth century were eager to explore the causes of stomach and intestinal illnesses. Theories abounded that there was a sympathy between the mind and the body, especially in the case of the dyspepsia. The body was thought to have physical symptoms from the reactions of the mind, especially in the case of hypochondriasis. Digestive problems had a mental component, but mental anguish could also result from physical problems. Dissertations from aspiring as well as established physicians probed the mental causes of irritable bowel diseases and other diseases in the medical literature. Healing was thought to come from contextualizing the link between the problems of the mind and the resulting physical problems of the body.

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Authors & Contributors
Williams, Elizabeth A.
Vignone, Joseph Leonardo
Silberstein, Marc
Lambert, Gérard
Strovas, Karen Beth
Ragab, Ahmed
Concepts
Medicine
Psychology
Nervous system
Mental disorders and diseases
Health
Mind and body
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Medieval
21st century
20th century
Places
France
Great Britain
United States
Spain
Germany
Paris (France)
Institutions
Salpêtrière, Paris
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