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oapen-20.500.12657-629712024-03-28T08:18:50Z Pellagra and Pellagrous Insanity During the Long Nineteenth Century Gentilcore, David Priani, Egidio History of mental health Insanity Pellagra Mental disorder Pellagrous insanity History of psychiatry Asylums History of mental illness Social history of medicine Nineteenth century Agrarian history Environmental history Nutrition Poverty Welfare Maize cultivation Deficiency disease Anthropogenic disease Syphilis thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were treated in Italian psychiatric asylums, shedding light on the sufferer’s point of view. Setting pellagrous insanity in a wider context of man-made or societal (anthropogenic) disease, where poverty, diet and disease meet, the book contributes to the history of medicine and science, the history of psychiatry, economic and social history, agrarian history, and food and nutrition history. Additionally, the authors aim to transnationalise Italian history by making comparisons with related issues, such as tertiary syphilis in the UK. Drawing from a wide range of printed and archival sources, including the writings of Italian medical investigators, the book examines how medical and scientific research was carried out during the long nineteenth century and the uncertainties that this engendered, in terms of classification, explanation, diagnosis and treatment. Offering a unique perspective on an endemic illness which came to be known as the disease of the four ds: dermatitis; diarrhea; dementia; and death, this book provides an engaging account of one of the most perplexing causes of mental illness. 2023-05-16T15:05:54Z 2023-05-16T15:05:54Z 2023 book ONIX_20230516_9783031224966_15 9783031224966 9783031224959 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62971 eng Mental Health in Historical Perspective application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-22496-6.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-22496-6 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-22496-6 10.1007/978-3-031-22496-6 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 95099ae3-153c-4956-979c-7f50c27e880c 9783031224966 9783031224959 Palgrave Macmillan 174 Cham [...] Economic and Social Research Council ESRC open access
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This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a focus on the insanity that was caused by the disease, the authors examine how thousands of patients were treated in Italian psychiatric asylums, shedding light on the sufferer’s point of view. Setting pellagrous insanity in a wider context of man-made or societal (anthropogenic) disease, where poverty, diet and disease meet, the book contributes to the history of medicine and science, the history of psychiatry, economic and social history, agrarian history, and food and nutrition history. Additionally, the authors aim to transnationalise Italian history by making comparisons with related issues, such as tertiary syphilis in the UK. Drawing from a wide range of printed and archival sources, including the writings of Italian medical investigators, the book examines how medical and scientific research was carried out during the long nineteenth century and the uncertainties that this engendered, in terms of classification, explanation, diagnosis and treatment. Offering a unique perspective on an endemic illness which came to be known as the disease of the four ds: dermatitis; diarrhea; dementia; and death, this book provides an engaging account of one of the most perplexing causes of mental illness.
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