Term
Neurasthenia
A diagnosis of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: nervous exhaustion with fatigue and irritability. The term was coined by the American doctor George Beard, and it is hardly used now.
Why Worry?, George Lincoln Walton
Explained in
- Why Worry?, George Lincoln Walton
- The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives, Jonathan Malesic
A diagnosis popular in the 19th century: exhaustion explained by too much strain on the nervous system.