The Names of Sickness: Writing Disability and Revising Diagnosis in Nineteenth-Century America

Vivian Delchamps

The Names of Sickness: Writing Disability and Revising Diagnosis in Nineteenth-Century America

Vivian Delchamps

University of California, Los Angeles

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

Original language	American English
Qualification	PhD
Supervisors/Advisors	Looby, Helen E. Deutsch and Christopher J., Advisor, External person
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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American Literature
Medical Humanities

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