Hysteria and Certain Allied Conditions

PRESTON, George J.

Publication Date: 1897

About this Item

Good. Original brown cloth binding with moderate shelf wear, rubbing, and scattered staining to boards. Fraying and minor loss at spine ends and corners, most notably at the head of the spine. Gilt spine lettering remains legible. Text block is sound and firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright with occasional light age toning. Illustrated throughout with plates depicting clinical manifestations and treatments associated with late nineteenth-century neurological and psychiatric practice. No ownership markings noted in the photographs provided.

A fascinating fin-de-siècle medical work examining hysteria and related nervous disorders during a pivotal period in the development of neurology and psychiatry. George J. Preston, Professor of Diseases of the Nervous System at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, discusses contemporary theories of hysteria alongside treatments then considered progressive, including the rest cure, massage therapy, electrotherapy, and hypnotism. The volume reflects the influence of the French neurological school, particularly the work of Charcot and the Salpêtrière Hospital, whose clinical observations shaped late nineteenth-century understandings of neurological disease.

Of particular interest are the numerous illustrations documenting hysterical postures, convulsive attacks, and other clinical phenomena that were widely studied by neurologists of the era. Today the work serves as an important historical document illustrating changing medical and cultural attitudes toward mental health, neurology, psychosomatic illness, and the treatment of women in medicine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hysteria and Certain Allied Conditions
• Publication Date: 1897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1 pound
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Psychology