Railroad sickness

As railway disease is defined as a diagnosis, which became popular in 1860 with the invention of new means of transportation. After frequent and long journeys by train , those affected complained of tremors, fatigue, exhaustion, nervous irritability and indigestion. The symptoms are reminiscent of a disorder . In the alphabetical index for the ICD-10, the diagnosis number T75.3 for kinetosis is suggested.

According to the Brockhaus from 1892, the roar and vibrations of the steam locomotives were blamed for this. This leads to a dull, persistent pain in the legs after long periods of standing. Both the service staff and the travelers were affected by this. The diagnosis also expresses distrust of the new invention, since people have never moved so quickly and are not used to the rapidly changing visual impressions. In a travel report from 1872 there is still the complaint about the seat in a "vibrating car". By 1900, however, passengers would have got used to it.

See also

• Siderodromophobia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Werner Bartens : Body happiness - How good feelings make you healthy . Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-78197-5 ( limited preview Google book search).
2. ↑ Bernd Graubner: ICD 10 Alphabetical Directory 2014: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems . Deutscher Ärzteverlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7691-3538-1 , p. 274 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ^ Christoph Giebel, Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz, Max W. Siewert, Otto Paul Luedecke, Gustav Brandes: Journal for Natural Sciences . 1872, p. 282 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

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