Essays Tagged: "Silas Weir Mitchell"
"The Yellow Wallpaper" The Downfall Of A Young Woman By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I don't pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall" (Gilman 541). This refers to Silas Weir Mitchell, an American physician, and neurologist who developed the treatment known as the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Feminism
er the birth of their daughter Katharine, she was beset by depression, and began treatment with Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell in 1886. His recommendations, 'live as domestic a life as possible' and 'never t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
English 102-04 The Rest Cure: Its Negative Impacts on Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In 1877, Silas Weir Mitchell became famous for his treatment of nervous disorders. His treatment was called t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Charlotte Perkins Gilman And The Rest Cure.
into a depressive constitution and therefore decided to undergo a Rest Cure of the nerve specialist Silas Weir Mitchell. After this dubious experience, whose course and impact will be presented in the ... two years after the birth of her daughter, Charlotte Perkins Gilman decided to try the Rest Cure of Silas Weir Mitchell, a neurologist and nerve specialist for women that should free her from her depr ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Charlotte Perkins Gilman vs. the Narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper"
ar that Gilman was writing about her own anguish as she herself underwent such a treatment with Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell in 1887, just two years after the birth of her daughter Katherine. The rest cure ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
A woman's domain or a prison?- Revolt of a mother and the yellow wallpaper
ally control their wives. John in "The Yellow Wallpaper" threatens his wife into sending her to Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, the creator of the rest cure. This tactic is very effective as it manipulates h ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Comparison of Glass Menagerie, The Yellow Wallpaper and A Rose for Emily
ative effects of the treatment of women during a rest cure recommended for nervous disorders by Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, who was a well-known physician. The story portrays the passive, childlike submi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
virginia woolf
the only thing doctors where knowledgeable of was the "rest cure". The "rest cure" was developed by Silas Weir Mitchell in the late 1800's. This treatment became widely used in US and UK, but was pres ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders