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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laurinda S Dixon |
| ISBN: | 0801430267 9780801430268 0801482151 9780801482151 |
| OCLC Number: | 31077476 |
| Description: | xvi, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Hysteria as a Uterine Disorder: A Brief History -- II. "Outward Manifestations": Symptoms and Diagnosis -- III. The Womb Inflamed, Threatened, and Denied: Instigators of Disease -- IV. The Womb Occupied, Restored, and Satiated: Corporeal Cures -- V. Mind and Body Reconciled: "Psychological" Cures -- VI. Melancholic Men and Hysterical Women: The Sexual Politics of Illness -- VII. Epilogue: Exit the Wandering Womb -- Appendix: Medical Dissertations on the Subject of Female Hysteria Written between 1575 and 1740. |
| Responsibility: | Laurinda S. Dixon. |
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