Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

by Asti Hustvedt

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In the 1870s, three women--Blanch, Augustine, and Genevieve--found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris under the direction of the prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Their illness came to define the era, and in turn they became medical celebrities: every week, eager crowds arrived at the hospital to observe their symptoms; they were photographed, sculpted, painted, and transformed into characters in novels...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393025608

ISBN13:9780393025606

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:386 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Gender Studies History History & Philosophy Medical Medical Books Mental Illness Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math Social Sciences Special Topics Textbooks Women's Studies

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