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Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris / Asti Hustvedt

Author
Hustvedt, Asti
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Charcot -- pt. Two Blanche -- pt. Three Augustine -- pt. Four Genevieve.
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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ISBN
0393025608 (hardcover)
9780393025606 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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