The paper deals with a form of functional heart disorder that caused substantial disability among men in military service. By viewing the condition through the dual lenses of history and modern medical knowledge we can analyse the syndrome and trace the changing medical and social attitudes to it. The disorder is still now present after harrowing events, including natural disasters, assault of individuals, episods of mass violence and combat. A historical review of the syndrome is also useful in extending our understanding of the natural history of stress reactions, their prognostic indicators and the way in which we can intervene to reduce the effects of trauma.

Tra Pavia e Brescia : il caso di Luigi Porta (1800-1875) / A. Porro, A.F. Franchini. - In: MEDICINA NEI SECOLI. - ISSN 0394-9001. - 19:2(2007), pp. 437-456. (Intervento presentato al convegno Congresso della Società italiana di storia della medicina : in onore di Camillo Golgi a 100 anni dal conferimento del premio Nobel tenutosi a Pavia nel 2006).

Tra Pavia e Brescia : il caso di Luigi Porta (1800-1875)

A. Porro;A.F. Franchini
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2007

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The paper deals with a form of functional heart disorder that caused substantial disability among men in military service. By viewing the condition through the dual lenses of history and modern medical knowledge we can analyse the syndrome and trace the changing medical and social attitudes to it. The disorder is still now present after harrowing events, including natural disasters, assault of individuals, episods of mass violence and combat. A historical review of the syndrome is also useful in extending our understanding of the natural history of stress reactions, their prognostic indicators and the way in which we can intervene to reduce the effects of trauma.
Settore MED/02 - Storia della Medicina
2007
http://hdl.handle.net/2434/31423
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