Hysteria has had a dogged history in the medical community, and despite existing for more than two millennia, it is now ...
The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and ...
You’ve definitely heard the term “female hysteria” used at some point in your life. Whether it was used as an insult or something to describe an unorthodox woman, the underlying meaning remains ...
Being Contributions of the Psychopathic Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, (1913. 15). The previous contribution (1913. 14). "Outlook for Work at the Psychopathic Hospital, Boston, 1913." by E. E.
Read before the Clinical Section of the Suffolk District Medical Society, May 18, 1898. Physician for Diseases of the Nervous System, Boston City Hospital; Clinical Instructor in Diseases of the ...
I calmly explained to them that the benefit of having survived COVID-19 was that I now had immunity. They challenged me, saying that I didn't know how long my immunity would last. I responded in kind, ...
We’ve probably all heard it before: A woman expresses rage or grief and gets called hysterical. Another discloses sexual harassment or assault, and she also gets labeled hysterical. The tendency to ...
The hysterical reaction to a piece of rope that was described as a “hangman’s noose” which was hanging from a tree outside of a California medical office included “shock, disgust, pain, and anguish,” ...
Some are going viral for spreading misinformation, others are just trying to go viral. BuzzFeed News Reporter Medical experts are building brands as monkeypox influencers and thought leaders, using ...