Hysteria: The Disturbing History
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The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The very disease no longer exists. In this fascinating account, Andrew Scull tells the story of Hysteria - an illness that disappeared not through medical endeavour, but through growing understanding and cultural change. More generally, it raises the question of how diseases are framed, and how conceptions of a disease change through...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:019969298X
ISBN13:9780199692989
Release Date:January 2012
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"
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