George Miller Beard (May 8, 1839-January 23, 1883) was a U.S. neurologist who coined the term neurasthenia in 1869. Dr. Beard was born in Montville, Connecticut on May 8, 1839, to Rev. Spencer F. Beard, a Congregational minister, and Lucy A. Leonard. He graduated from Yale College in 1862, and received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1866. While still in medical school during the American Civil War, … Wikipedia
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