In the late 19th century famed neurologist Doctor Silas Weir Mitchell introduced a cure to a multitude of different ailments. Unfortunately misogyny and traditional gender roles influenced how he treated men and women differently, treatments that led to death and psychological breakdowns.

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https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/01/go-rest

https://daily.jstor.org/go-west-you-nervous-men/

http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=anne-stiles-the-rest-cure-1873-1925

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/790351/summary

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1112768/

https://www.businessinsider.com/bed-rest-what-would-happen-body-never-got-up-2019-9

https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/3/381

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/ajp.2007.164.5.737

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