SILAS WEIR MITCHELL - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 284937
Sale Price $115.00
Reg. $140.00
SILAS WEIR MITCHELL
Silas Mitchell signs a piece of paper
Signature: "Silas mitchell", 5¼x2½ paper. American physician and
author Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was a specialist in the study and
treatment of neurological disorders. During the American Civil War, Mitchell
was in charge of nervous injuries at Turners Lane Hospital in Philadelphia. The
author of a number of medical texts, including Injuries of Nerves and
Their Consequences (1872) and Fat and Blood (1877), Mitchell also
wrote short stories and such historical novels as Hugh Wynne, Free
Quaker (1897), The Adventures of François (1898) and The Red
City (1909). Mitchell prescribed "rest cures" for a variety of nervous
disorders, including what was called at the time "female hysteria." One of his
patients was Charlotte Perkins Gilman, whose 1892 short story "The Yellow
Wallpaper" - now considered a feminist classic - is narrated by a woman driven
insane by her "rest cure." Pencil note (unknown hand) at lower right corner
and verso. 1 horizontal and 1 vertical fold creases. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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