Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-century Paris by Asti Hustvedt

Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-century Paris

Asti Hustvedt

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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 Salp...

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