On hysteria : the invention of a medical category between 1670 and 1820
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. 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 Religiou...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press,
2015
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| Schlagworte: | Hysteria in literature Hysteria Hysteria - Social aspects Electronic books Frankreich Hysterie Krankheitsbegriff Geschichte 1670-1820 |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (pages) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- IntroductionNames 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.