| 单词 | railway brain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailway brain railway brain n. Medicine (now historical) functional disorder of the nervous system attributed to physical or psychological trauma occurring in a railway accident; cf. railway spine n. ΚΠ 1885 N.Y. Med. Abstract 5 321/1 Many of the nervous symptoms called ‘railway spine’ and which..might more properly be named ‘railway brain’, are simply, whether in men or women, manifestations of hysteria. 1905 J. M. Clarke Hysteria & Neurasthenia xxiii. 249 Some years later the brain was considered to be the primary seat of the functional troubles, and ‘railway brain’ replaced ‘railway spine’. 1994 R. Davies Cunning Man 129 Patients might appear in the consulting-room suffering from ‘railway brain’. 2011 A. Stiles Pop. Fiction & Brain Sci. Late 19th Cent. Notes 214 There are numerous reasons for the mid-Victorian proliferation of ‘railway spine’ and ‘railway brain’. Such physical diagnoses helped patients avoid the stigma of mental disorders like hysteria. < as lemmas |
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