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Wear and Tear
Last discussed Sep 17, 2026
A popular self-help book by Silas Weir Mitchell, 19th-century neurologist, about the stresses of modern life and nervous exhaustion.
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Andrew Scull · Sep 17, 2026
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"Weir Mitchell wrote two popular bestsellers, self-help books, suppose you'd call them in the modern genre. One was called Wear and Tear. The pace of modern life, the telegraph, the railway was all too much. Your nervous system was overstressed."
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