With the possible exception of AIDS, no disease in the last twenty-five years has generated as much scholarly interest as hysteria. At first glance it is not easy to see why. Psychiatrists and psychologists no longer use the term in clinical settings. In fact, some physicians argue that hysteria, like smallpox, has disappeared. Some scholars insist that hysteria was simply a diagnostic label that was misapplied to a host of other pathological conditions throughout history. Many of hysteria's traditional symptoms - fits, seizures, paralyses, contractures, anxiety, personality ...

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