...affirm," says Dr. Trotter, " that nervous disorders have now taken the place of fevers, and may justly he reckoned two thirds of the whole, with which civilized society is afflicted."* But notwithstanding their prevalence at this day, physicians cannot yet invent a name for them, which...

...nineteenth century, we do not hesitate to affirm," says Dr. Trotter, " that nervous disorders have now taken the place of fevers, and may justly be reckoned...whole, with which civilized society is afflicted. "§ But notwithstanding their prevalence at this day, physicians cannot yet invent a name for them,...

...the beginning of the nineteenth century, we do not hesitate to affirm that nervous disorders have now taken the place of fevers, and may justly be reckoned two- thirds of the whole with which civilised society is afflicted." " The physician of a cultivated understanding, who knows how to appreciate...

...beginning of the nineteenth century, we do not hesitate to affirm that nervous disorders ....may be justly reckoned two thirds of the whole, with which civilized society is afflicted. Why the deterioration? It was partly because disease, like fashion, obeyed the 'trickle down' effect,...

...not hesitate to affirm, that nervous disorders have now taken the place of fevers, and may be justly reckoned two thirds of the whole, with which civilized society is afflicted. Dr Cheyne who wrote about the year 1733, in his work entitled the "English Malady," makes nervous disorders almost one...