Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris / Asti Hustvedt.

Depicts the lives of three French women who became unwitting celebrities after being committed to the hysteria ward of Salpetrière Hospital in 1870s Paris and delves into the treatment they received from noted French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hustvedt, Asti
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011], ©2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Charcot, J. M. > (Jean Martin), > 1825-1893.
Neurologists > France > Biography.
Hysteria > Treatment > France > History > 19th century.
Psychiatry > France > History > 19th century.
Salpêtrière (Hospital)
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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