The Irritable Heart

The Irritable Heart

The Medical Mystery of the Gulf War

by Jeff Wheelwright

444 pages· ISBN 9780393019568
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Examines the experiences of five Gulf War veterans, and reveals how their post-war illness can be traced to "irritable heart," a Civil War malady in which physical symptoms were intensified by psychological distress.

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