Hysteria: The disturbing history
Review from previous edition: "Elegantly constructed book...Skull is otherwise exemplary on the whole historical curve."  --George Rousseau, TLS  20.08.10"The stories they tell are often fascinating and alarming - pitched somewhere between farce, genius, horror and a lab report."  --The Scotsman  23/10/2009"These four 'biographies' of diseases go far beyond questions of biology or medical practice; they talk politics, sex and class, faith."  --The Scotsman  23/10/2009"The notion of an ailment having a birth, a lifespan, and - ideally - a demise...is an illuminating and useful concept."  --Wendy Moore, British Medical Journal  31/10/2009"Andrew Scull's exploration...provides an utterly enthralling study of medical ideology and sociology."  --Wendy Moore, British Medical Journal  31/10/2009"Should be required reading for all students of medicine."  --Wendy Moore, British Medical Journal  31/10/2009