Medical muses
Subtitle: hysteria in nineteenth-century Paris
By: Asti Hustvedt
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780393025606
Subjects: Salpêtrière (Hospital); Neurologists; History, 19th Century; Neurology; Treatment; Psychiatry; History; Biography; Hysteria
Description: Depicts the lives of three French women who became unwitting celebrities after being committed to the hysteria ward of Salpetrière Hospital in 1870s Paris and delves into the treatment they received from noted French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-354) and index.