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On the Heels of Ignorance

Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

By: Owen Whooley

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On the Heels of Ignorance

Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

By: Owen Whooley

Psychiatry has always aimed to peer deep into the human mind, daring to cast light on its darkest corners and untangle its thorniest knots, often invoking the latest medical science in doing so. But, as Owen Whooley’s sweeping new book tells us, the history of American psychiatry is really a record of ignorance. On the Heels of Ignorance begins with psychiatry’s formal inception in the 1840s and moves through two centuries of constant struggle simply to define and redefine mental illness, to say nothing of the best way to treat it. Whooley’s book is no antipsychiatric screed, however; instead, he reveals a field that has muddled through periodic reinventions and conflicting agendas of curiosity, compassion, and professional striving. On the Heels of Ignorance draws from intellectual history and the sociology of professions to portray an ongoing human effort to make sense of complex mental phenomena using an imperfect set of tools, with sometimes tragic results.

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University of Chicago Press

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022661638X

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9780226616384

On the Heels of Ignorance

Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

By: Owen Whooley

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Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

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Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

The Struggle Over American Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

By: Owen Whooley

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Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

The Struggle Over American Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

By: Owen Whooley

In 1832, the arrival of cholera in the US created widespread panic throughout the country. For the rest of the century epidemics swept through American cities and towns like wildfire killing thousands. These cholera outbreaks raised questions about medical knowledge and its legitimacy, giving fuel to alternative medical sects that used the confusion of the epidemic to challenge both medical orthodoxy and the authority of the American Medical Association. Here, Whooley tells us the story of those dark days, centring his narrative on rivalries between medical and homeopathic practitioners.

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University of Chicago Press

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022601746X

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9780226017464

Smith & Wood's Employment Law

By: Ian Smith,Aaron Baker,Owen Warnock

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Smith & Wood's Employment Law

By: Ian Smith,Aaron Baker,Owen Warnock

Authoritative and accessible, Smith & Wood's Employment Law provides detailed and well-explained coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critique and contextual treatment engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and deep understanding of the subject.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198824890

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9780198824893

Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

The Struggle over American Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

By: Owen Whooley

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The Struggle over American Medicine in the Nineteenth Century

By: Owen Whooley

Vomiting. Diarrhea. Dehydration. Death. Confusion. In 1832, the arrival of cholera in the United States created widespread panic throughout the country. For the rest of the century, epidemics swept through American cities and towns like wildfire, killing thousands. Physicians of all stripes offered conflicting answers to the cholera puzzle, ineffectively responding with opiates, bleeding, quarantines, and all manner of remedies, before the identity of the dreaded infection was consolidated under the germ theory of disease some sixty years later. These cholera outbreaks raised fundamental questions about medical knowledge and its legitimacy, giving fuel to alternative medical sects that used the confusion of the epidemic to challenge both medical orthodoxy and the authority of the still-new American Medical Association. In Knowledge in the Time of Cholera, Owen Whooley tells us the story of those dark days, centering his narrative on rivalries between medical and homeopathic practitioners and bringing to life the battle to control public understanding of disease, professional power, and democratic governance in nineteenth-century America.

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022601777X

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The Works of John Owen

By: John Owen

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The Works of John Owen

By: John Owen

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0526389559

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John Owen on the Holy Spirit - the Spirit and Prayer (Book VII of Pneumatologia)

By: John Owen

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John Owen on the Holy Spirit - the Spirit and Prayer (Book VII of Pneumatologia)

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Diggory Press Limited

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184685752X

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9781846857522

Book's by Owen Whooley

On the Heels of Ignorance

On the Heels of Ignorance

On the Heels of Ignorance

On the Heels of Ignorance

Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

Smith & Wood's Employment Law

Smith & Wood's Employment Law

Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

Knowledge in the Time of Cholera

The Works of John Owen

The Works of John Owen

John Owen on the Holy Spirit - the Spirit and Prayer (Book VII of Pneumatologia)

John Owen on the Holy Spirit - the Spirit and Prayer (Book VII of Pneumatologia)

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