عنوان

On hysteria :

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022627554X

(Number (ISBN

9780226275543

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Title Proper

On hysteria :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Sabine Arnaud

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 351 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-342) and index

Text of Note

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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General Material Designation

Invention de l'hystérie au temps des Lumières, 1670-1820.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Hysteria-- Early works to 1800

Hysteria-- France-- History-- 18th century

Hysteria-- History

Hysteria in literature

Hysteria-- Social aspects

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Arnaud, Sabine

Date of Transaction

20151123231916.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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