Dr. Ashley Bowen will discuss her research into Dr. Jacob Mendes Da Costa’s work with a “peculiar functional disorder” he called irritable heart.
by David Price
Jacob Mendes Da Costa
When Dr. Foster diagnosed Tom with irritable heart, did he essentially diagnose him with the Civil War’s equivalent of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Not exactly.
Learn more about the doctor that diagnosed “irritable heart.”
