Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris

Type:
boek
Titel:
Medical muses : hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris
Auteur:
Hustvedt, Asti
Jaar:
2011
Onderwerp:
Charcot, J. M.,
Charcot, J. M.,
Salpêtrière (Hospital)
Salpêtrière (Hospital)
History, 19th Century
Hysteria History
Hysteria Treatment History
Neurologists Biography
Neurology History
Psychiatry History
Taal:
Engels
Uitgever:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011
Plaatsnummer:
GUISL.606.24.323 (Museum Dr. Guislain)
ISBN:
9780393025606
0393025608
Paginering:
X, 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Editie:
1st ed.
Samenvatting:
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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