Diseases of Modern Life Nineteenth Century PerspectivesThe database contains a list of over 3000 references, the majority of them primary sources, with a small selection of secondary sources which provide historical context. Primary sources range from newspaper and journal articles to printed books, from across the nineteenth century regarding 7 themes: Finance and Speculation, Diseases of Professions and Occupations, Addiction, Climate and Health, Education and Overpressure, Nervous Diseases, Technology and New Inventions