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 inBritish medical journal (Clinical research ed.) Vol. 289; no. 6460; pp. 1785 - 1788
Main Authors Critchley, E. M. R., Cantor, H. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Association 22.12.1984
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Arm
Conversion disorder
Conversion Disorder - diagnosis
Disease manifestations
Female
Gait
Hands
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
Humans
Hysteria - complications
Hysteria - diagnosis
Hysteria - history
Male
Middle Aged
Miscellanea
Nervous system diseases
Paralysis - complications
Peripheral nervous system diseases
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 counties 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.
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ISSN:0267-0623
DOI:10.1136/bmj.289.6460.1785