An edition of Medical muses (2011)
Medical muses
hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris
By Asti Hustvedt
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Publish Date
2011
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
eng
Pages
384
Description:
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.
subjects: History, Neurologists, Hysteria, History, 19th Century, Treatment, Psychiatry, Neurology, Biography, Salpêtrière (Hospital), Charcot, j. m. (jean martin), 1825-1893, Neurologists, biography, Psychiatry, history, Paris (france), history, New York Times reviewed
People: J. M. Charcot (1825-1893)
Times: 19th century