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S. Weir Mitchell

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born

February 15, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

died

January 04, 1914

gender

male

genre

Professional & Technical, Health, Mind & Body, Historical Fiction

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Silas Weir Mitchell was an American physician and writer.

During the Civil War he had charge of nervous injuries and maladies at Turners Lane Hospital, Philadelphia, and at the close of the war became a specialist in neurology. In this field Weir Mitchell's name became prominently associated with his introduction of the rest cure, subsequently taken up by the medical world, for nervous diseases, particularly hysteria; the treatment consisting primarily in isolation, confinement to bed, dieting and massage. His medical texts include Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences (1872) and Fat and Blood (1877). Mitchell's disease (erythromelalgia) is named after him.

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Books by S. Weir Mitchell

Average rating: 3.48 · 25 ratings · 2 reviews · 50 distinct works

	Mr. Kris Kringle: A Christmas Tale (1904) by S. Weir Mitchell, Clyde O. Deland (Illustrator) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	My rating:
	A Diplomatic Adventure (1906) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Doctor and Patient 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow (1900) by S. Weir Mitchell, A.J. Keller (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions	My rating:
	New Samaria and the Summer of St. Martin (1904) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, Vincent Brecht (Introduction) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1897 — 24 editions	My rating:
	A Venture in 1777 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1908 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Guillotine Club: And Other Stories 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Far in the Forest: A Story 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker: Sometime Brevet Lt. Col. of His Excellency General Washington Part One 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating: