![]() ![]() Claims for a 'distinctive' Irish system of nursing fail for lack of evidence. Profound differences between the two systems are outlined. The contention of great medical satisfaction with the 'distinctive' system is refuted with data showing that the death rate at the Koulali Hospital, where the Irish sisters nursed, was the highest of all the British war hospitals during the Crimean War. Claims were challenged of a 'distinctive system' of nursing established by the Irish Sisters of Mercy in the early nineteenth century, and of its stated influence on the nursing system of Florence Nightingale. Archival and published sources were used to compare the nursing systems of Florence Nightingale and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, with particular attention to nursing during the Crimean War. Nightingale's influence on and legacy to Irish nursing are not acknowledged. Several papers argue the ongoing relevance of the Irish system, not Nightingale's, for contemporary nursing theory and practice. One paper argues that the Irish system has its philosophical roots in Thomist philosophy. Numerous publications have appeared claiming the emergence of a 'distinctive system' of nursing as 'Ireland's legacy to nursing', which, it is claimed, influenced Nightingale's system. Daily Telegraph, July 28.To challenge statements made about 'Careful Nursing' as a 'distinctive system' of nursing established by the Irish Sisters of Mercy, prior to Florence Nightingale, and which is said to have influenced her. Scientists investigate Stendhal Syndrome – fainting caused by great art. Reminder of important clinical lesson: Stendhal syndrome: a case of cultural overload. Bottles make me sick (Stendhal’s Syndrome). Reprinted (1953-1974) in the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (trans. A disturbance of memory on the Acropolis. Bassetti (Eds), Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists – Part 3 (pp-130-143). Stendhal’s aphasic spells: The first report of transient ischemic attacks followed by stroke. British Journal of General Practice, December, 945-946.īogousslavskya, J. Dostoevsky and Stendhal’s Syndrome, Arq Neuropsiquiatr, 63, 1099-1103.īamforth, I. As far as I am aware, they have yet to publish their findings, but when they do, I’ll update this post.Īmâncio, E.J. According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, a team in Italy is currently examining the phenomenon more systematically by measuring tourist’s reactions (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, etc.) as they view the artworks inside the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence. Despite hundreds of documented cases, the condition does not-as yet-appear in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Iain Bamforth claimed that Marcel Proust also suffered from the condition and also suggested that psychologists Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung both wrote about experiences suggestive of Stendhal Syndrome. In a 2010 issue of the British Journal of General Practice, Dr. In 2005, Edson Amâncio, a Brazilian neurosurgeon published a paper arguing that there was evidence that Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky suffered from Stendhal Syndrome, particularly when viewing Hans Holbein’s masterpiece, Dead Christ, during a visit to the museum in Basle.
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