Rest Cures
Episode 7 of the Elizabeth Robins Diary Podcast podcast, hosted by Natalie Kahler, titled "Rest Cures" was published on June 22, 2023 and runs 39 minutes.
June 22, 2023 ·39m · Elizabeth Robins Diary Podcast
Summary
The Rest Cure was a medical treatment combining various physical and mental treatments as well as a surprising diet. When Elizabeth continued to suffer side effects from a bout with typhoid, she underwent a couple rest cures. Out of those experiences came a novel, A Dark Lantern: A Story with a Prologue, that would be made into a film in 1920 starring Alice Brady and James Crane. Dr. Stiles article, "The Rest Cure, 1873-1925" A Dark Lantern Google Book A Dark Lantern film photos Cultures of Neurasthenia: From Beard to the First World War S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914: Philadelphia's Literary Physician Mrs. Dalloway The Yellow Wallpaper Cambridge Springs, PA and the Water Cure Brooksville Main Street Website Brooksville Main Street Facebook Brooksville Main Street (@brooksvillemainstreetfl) • Instagram photos and videos Natalie Kahler (@kahlernat) / Twitter Credits:Producer & Editor Lief Thomason, Odd Life Studios Recorded at Profound Revelation Studios Graphic Designer Barry Meindl, DaBarr Design Web Designer and Social Media Manager Allisa Babor, Roots Creative Co “Time is Whispering” Writer and Recording Artist Randi Olsen, Live Oak Theatre Grant funding assistance by Florida Humanities Rights to Elizabeth Robins materials owned by Independent Age
Episode Description
The Rest Cure was a medical treatment combining various physical and mental treatments as well as a surprising diet. When Elizabeth continued to suffer side effects from a bout with typhoid, she underwent a couple rest cures. Out of those experiences came a novel, A Dark Lantern: A Story with a Prologue, that would be made into a film in 1920 starring Alice Brady and James Crane.
Dr. Stiles article, "The Rest Cure, 1873-1925"
Cultures of Neurasthenia: From Beard to the First World War
S. Weir Mitchell, 1829-1914: Philadelphia's Literary Physician
Cambridge Springs, PA and the Water Cure
Brooksville Main Street Website
Brooksville Main Street Facebook
Brooksville Main Street (@brooksvillemainstreetfl) • Instagram photos and videos
Natalie Kahler (@kahlernat) / Twitter
Credits:Producer & Editor Lief Thomason, Odd Life Studios
Recorded at Profound Revelation Studios
Graphic Designer Barry Meindl, DaBarr Design
Web Designer and Social Media Manager Allisa Babor, Roots Creative Co
“Time is Whispering” Writer and Recording Artist Randi Olsen, Live Oak Theatre
Grant funding assistance by Florida Humanities
Rights to Elizabeth Robins materials owned by Independent Age
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