Hysteria: The Biography

by Andrew Scull

Book Overview

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 endeavor, but through growing understanding and cultural change. The lurid history of hysteria makes fascinating reading. Charcot's clinics showed off flamboyantly "hysterical" patients...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019956096X
• ISBN13: 9780199560967
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.8"