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Constance Trescot
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I fancy, to have her own way. I did not ask of him any favors. They should not need to be asked; but he will be sure to think you expect him to provide for Con stance, Â as, in fact, he ought to do.
I fancy, to have her own way. I did not ask of him any favors. They should not need to be asked; but he will be sure to think you expect him to provide for Con stance, Â as, in fact, he ought to do.
390 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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S. Weir Mitchell
232 books6 followersSilas 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.
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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February 13, 2016
Probably Mitchell's best novel. Constance Trescot decides to make life a living hell for the man who killed her husband. She succeeds!
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