A selection from John Henry Fuseli's The Nightmare, 1781 Source: Wikimedia Commons Hysteria was the first mental disorder attributed to women, dating back more than 4,000 years. It evolved from a ...
IT’S NEVER PRODUCTIVE to compare the movie you saw with the movie you wish you’d seen, but it’s impossible to avoid in the case of Hysteria, which promises an irreverent historical farce about ...
In the 19th century, “female hysteria” was considered a legitimate medical diagnosis, blamed for everything from anxiety to irritability. Victorian doctors developed treatments that reflected more ...
Female Hysteria was a popular diagnosis in the Victorian days and Victorian doctors treated it with... a very hands-on approach.
It sounds sexist, and it’s sure to raise the ire of some feminists, but the literature does not lie. Throughout history, groups of people in cohesive social units have suddenly fallen ill or exhibited ...
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