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" On hysteria : "
Sabine Arnaud
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BL
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625265
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Invention de l'hystérie au temps des Lumières, 1670-1820.English
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Arnaud, Sabine
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On hysteria : : the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820 /\ Sabine Arnaud
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xi, 351 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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9780226275543
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: 022627554X
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-342) and index
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| Contents
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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
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Hysteria-- History
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Hysteria-- France-- History-- 18th century
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Hysteria-- Early works to 1800
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Hysteria-- Social aspects
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Hysteria in literature
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616.85/24
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RC532.A7613 2015
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