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On hysteria : the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820
- Title
- On hysteria : the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820 / Sabine Arnaud.
- Author
- Arnaud, Sabine
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xi, 351 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Uniform Title
- Invention de l'hystérie au temps des Lumières, 1670-1820. English
- Alternative Title
- Invention de l'hystérie au temps des Lumières, 1670-1820.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-342) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Names and uses of a diagnosis -- The establishment of hysteria as a medical category -- An intermingling of terms -- First occurrences of the term "hysteria" -- Vaporous affection and social class -- Encounters between medical and religious spheres -- In search of metaphors: figuring what cannot be defined -- A catalog of images: Proteus, the chameleon, and the hydra -- Repeated quotations, divergent readings -- The writing of a pathology and practices of dissemination -- Dialogue -- Autobiography -- Fictional correspondence -- The epistolary consultation -- Anecdotes -- Code, truth, or ruse? the vapors in the republic of letters -- Well-timed fits -- The practice of vapors -- The force of the imagination -- Relating fits and creating enigmas: the role of narrative -- Bodies awaiting exegesis -- The rise of medical narrative -- In the shadow of a gothic tale -- Traps and countertraps -- The construction of secrets -- Adopting roles and redefining medicine -- To mystify or to demystify? establishing the role of the therapist -- Magnetism, parodies, and mystification: the art of framing a therapeutic practice -- Strategies of legitimation and definitions of the patient to come -- Investing in women -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-2248
- ISBN
- 9780226275543 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 022627554X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014049382
- OCLC
- 898717423
- Author
- Arnaud, Sabine, author.
- Title
- On hysteria : the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820 / Sabine Arnaud.
- Publisher
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-342) and index.
- Local Note
- STUDY OF EXAMPLE OF ROLE OF DISCURSIVE PRACTICES IN CONSTRUCTION OF PATHOLOGY. TRANS. FROM FRENCH.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-2248