Sabine Arnaud: 1 book

Book cover of On Hysteria

On Hysteria

The Invention of a Medical Category between 1670 and 1820

by Sabine Arnaud
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015

These days, hysteria is known as a discredited diagnosis that was used to group and pathologize a wide range of conditions and behaviors in women. But for a long time, it was seen as a legitimate category of medical problem—and one that, originally, was applied to men as often as to women. In...
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