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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
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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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
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Jean Martin Charcot. Photograph.
Reference: 12461i- Books
Jean-Martin Charcot and "Charcot's fever" / Leon Morgenstern.
Morgenstern, Leon.Date: 1959- Archives and manuscripts
Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)
Date: 19th centuryReference: MS.7847/5Part of: Gough Collection- Pictures
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Jean-Martin Charcot. Oil painting.
Reference: 45574i- Pictures
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Jean Martin Charcot. Photograph by L. Laniepce.
Reference: 12464i