Description
1. Chasing Ghosts in Cuba
2. The Crisis Deepens
3. From Combat Syndromes to Havana Mystery Illness
4. Social Contagion Through the Ages: From St. Vitus Dance to Mystery Odors
5. Musical Illness and Telephone Sickness: An Early History of Sound and Suggestion6. Modern-Day Acoustical Scares: From 'The Hum' to 'Wind Turbine Syndrome'
7. Phantom Assailants: Of Mad Gassers and Phantom Slashers 8. A Short History of Spider, Insect and Worm Scares9. State Terrorism Masquerading as Psychogenic Illness
10. 'Havana Syndrome' Solved: Separating Science From Science Fiction
Author: Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 03/20/2020
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9783030407452
ISBN10: 3030407454
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Neurology
- Medical | Psychiatry | General
- Medical | Otolaryngology
About the Author
Robert W. Baloh, MD is a distinguished professor of Neurology and Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA. Author of 11 books and over 300 articles in peer-reviewed science journals, he is a pioneer in the study of the vestibular system: the part of the inner ear which helps people to maintain their sense of balance and spatial awareness. He has developed tests of vestibular function that are used by inner ear specialists around the world.
Robert E. Bartholomew, PhD is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland. He completed a doctorate in Medical Sociology from James Cook University in Australia and his Master's in Sociology from the State University of New York at Albany. He has published in over 60 peer-reviewed journals, has been featured in a National Geographic series on modern myths and has appeared on The History and Discovery Channels. A Fellow with the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York, he teaches History at Botany College in Auckland.