Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris /

Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris /

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Author / Creator:	Hustvedt, Asti.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Description:	x, 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Charcot, J. M. -- (Jean Martin), -- 1825-1893. Charcot, J. M. -- (Jean Martin), -- 1825-1893. Salpêtrière (Hospital) Salpêtrière (Hospital) Neurologists -- France -- Biography. Hysteria -- Treatment -- France -- History -- 19th century. Psychiatry -- France -- History -- 19th century. Hysteria -- Treatment. Neurologists. Psychiatry. France. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8441549

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ISBN:	9780393025606 (hardcover) 0393025608 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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.

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Call Number:	RC339.52.C453 H87 2011
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