Medical Muses

Type

Book

Authors

Asti Hustvedt

ISBN 10

0747576335

ISBN 13

9780747576334

Tags

english, anglais, psychology, medicine, médcine, psychologie, history, Mental Illness, Pathologies, France, History & Philosophy, Women's Studies

Abstract

Hysteria as a disease no longer exists, but in the 19th century hysteria was thought to affect half of all women in one of its myriad forms. 'Medical Muses' is a groundbreaking book about this obsession with hysteria, focusing on the renowned Salpetriere Hospital in Paris."

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