pickI read this hoping it might make the #WPNF list, unfortunately it didn't which is a bummer because this is very good.
Crampton takes on a lot in this book about hypochondria - history, popularity, medically how is the illness treated and seen throughout history into the present. She has laid the book out very well moving back and forth through time. Bringing in everyone from King Charles VI, Jane Austen, to Elizabeth Holmes (as a quack) 👇
ChaoticMissAdventures She weaves her own hypochondria throughout and it works well in the narrative, bringing people close and explaining what someone who suffers through this feels in their mind and body. There is a lot to think about I really found her comments on the history of invalid as fashion, the luxury of being hypochondriac, and the idea of gendering the illness fascinating. I will be thinking about this book for a long time. 1w