Arctic Neurasthenia--The Case of Greenlandic Kayak Fear 1864-1940
This article investigates the somewhat under-studied Greenlandic kayak fear; a diagnosis that appeared in 1864 and declined as a subject of urgency after about 1940. It follows the aetiology of the diagnosis as it changes from a lifestyle-related phenomenon to a localised colonial version of neurast...
| Published in: | Social History of Medicine |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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| Online Access: | http://shm.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/26/3/489 https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkt008 |