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The proposed research will result in the following direct outcomes: 1. The identification of appropriate medical and meteorological material relating to the case study period of 1889/90. 2. A proposed methodology for studying the relationship between meteorological and environmental conditions and pandemics. 3. The formulation of a project grant application focusing on the wider issues of how climatic and meteorological conditions affect the transmission of influenza and susceptibili ty of the population before and during pandemics. 4. Plans for disseminating the findings to both the academic community and those in government responsible for pandemic planning.

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The aim of this project is to undertake a detailed analysis of the shifting relationship between notions of masculinity and psychological illness during the second half of the twentieth-century. By focusing both on psychosomatic symptoms (in particular, gastric disorders, insomnia, headache), alcohol abuse, tranquillizer addiction and psychological disorders (depression and anxiety), the research will explore medical understandings, patient experiences and broader representations of men s healt h from the Second World War to the late 1980s and the emergence of the alleged crisis in masculinity . Drawing on a wide range of documentary, visual and oral sources, this research will explore the complex terrain of male psychological illness. It will thus address an imbalance in the historiography that has previously focused on the contradictions inherent in the female role and women s health. The study will result in the publication of a monograph and three journal articles.