Charcot's hysteria renaissant

The authenticity of Charcot's original descriptions of hysteria has been questioned in the popular media. None the less, it is still possible to encounter florid forms of hysteria in culturally deprived communities, and to answer Charcot's present day critics we present a selection of pati...

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Published in:BMJ 1984-12, Vol.289 (6460), p.1785-1788
Main Authors: Critchley, E M, Cantor, H E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Arm
Biological and medical sciences
Conversion disorder
Conversion Disorder - diagnosis
Disease manifestations
Female
Gait
Hands
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
Humans
Hysteria - complications
Hysteria - diagnosis
Hysteria - history
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellanea
Nervous system diseases
Paralysis - complications
Peripheral nervous system diseases
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychosomatic illnesses
Seizures
Sensation
Symptoms
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Summary:The authenticity of Charcot's original descriptions of hysteria has been questioned in the popular media. None the less, it is still possible to encounter florid forms of hysteria in culturally deprived communities, and to answer Charcot's present day critics we present a selection of patients from Kentucky's Appalachian countries with hysterial neurological disease. Their case histories are contrasted with those Charcot himself described and thereby form a modern commentary on such conditions as la grande hystérie, hysteroepilepsy, hysterotraumatic monoplegia, and hysterical hemianaesthesia.
ISSN:0007-1447
0267-0623
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.289.6460.1785