Writing first in 1871, the Philadelphia physician S. Weir Mitchell warns his countrymen that their energy and haste are wearing out their nerves. He considers the strain of business, the overloading of schoolchildren, the health of young women, and the habits of rest, exercise and diet he thinks a nation of strivers needs. His views on women reflect the medicine of his time.
A short historical document by the creator of the ‘rest cure’, of interest to students of medicine and American culture. Download the free EPUB.