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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
| Natasha Ruiz-GómezKathleen Arundell
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
| Aparna NairTracy Satchwill
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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What is hysteria?
| Sarah Jaffray
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies