George Iii And The Mad Business
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A landmark work in the history of medicine and British royal history, George III and the Mad Business presents a rigorous and groundbreaking reexamination of the mental illness that periodically incapacitated one of Britain's most consequential monarchs. Ida Macalpine and Richard Hunter, both distinguished psychiatrists, argue compellingly that George III did not suffer from madness in the traditional sense, but rather from porphyria, a hereditary metabolic disorder whose symptoms were catastrophically misdiagnosed by the physicians of his era. The authors chronicle the king's repeated episodes of illness with meticulous clinical detail, drawing on original medical case notes, royal correspondence, and contemporary accounts to build an authoritative and persuasive case. Written with the precision of a medical treatise yet accessible to the general reader, the narrative also illuminates the brutal and often counterproductive treatments inflicted upon the king in the name of psychiatric care. A revelatory intersection of biography, medical history, and royal politics, this work permanently reshaped scholarly understanding of George III's reign and the history of psychiatry itself.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work in the history of medicine and British royal history, George III and the Mad Business presents a rigorous and groundbreaking reexamination of the mental illness that periodically incapacitated one of Britain's most consequential monarchs. Ida Macalpine and Richard Hunter, both distinguished psychiatrists, argue compellingly that George III did not suffer from madness in the traditional sense, but rather from porphyria, a hereditary metabolic disorder whose symptoms were catastrophically misdiagnosed by the physicians of his era. The authors chronicle the king's repeated episodes of illness with meticulous clinical detail, drawing on original medical case notes, royal correspondence, and contemporary accounts to build an authoritative and persuasive case. Written with the precision of a medical treatise yet accessible to the general reader, the narrative also illuminates the brutal and often counterproductive treatments inflicted upon the king in the name of psychiatric care. A revelatory intersection of biography, medical history, and royal politics, this work permanently reshaped scholarly understanding of George III's reign and the history of psychiatry itself.
