Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Asti Hustvedt examines hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris through the connected perspectives of medicine, history, and culture. This thoughtful study considers a subject that has long shaped discussions of illness, interpretation, and the history of medical ideas.
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Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines the history of hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris.
Asti Hustvedt brings a medical and cultural perspective to this study of a prominent subject in the history of medicine.
The book offers readers an exploration of how hysteria was understood and represented in its historical setting.
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