02354nam 2200649Ia 450 991082577030332120200520144314.01-383-04603-40-19-162333-41-282-38320-597866123832050-19-157180-610.1093/oso/9780199560967.001.0001(CKB)2550000000000893(SSID)ssj0001674830(SSID)ssj0000338852(Au-PeEL)EBL472375(CaPaEBR)ebr10358298(CaONFJC)MIL238320(OCoLC)505429928(MiAaPQ)EBC472375(OCoLC)1406785090(StDuBDS)9781383046038(EXLCZ)99255000000000089320090701d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHysteria the biography /Andrew Scull1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource ( 223 p.) illBiographies of diseaseIncludes index.Formerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2009.0-19-969298-X 0-19-956096-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue : suffocation of the mother -- Mysteria -- Neurologie -- An English malady? -- Reflexly mad -- American nervousness -- A hysterical circus -- Freudian hysterics -- The wounds of war -- L'hystérie morte?The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history.Biographies of disease (Oxford, England)HysteriaHistoryPsychiatryHistoryHysteriaHistory.PsychiatryHistory.616.85/24Scull Andrew T218307MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825770303321Hysteria4026337UNINA