Scull Andrew:
Hysteria: The Biography

Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2009
Hardback, 256 pages
Size: 196x129 mm
ISBN: 9780199560967
ISBN-10: 019956096X

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Hysteria: The Biography

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.

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