Psychotropes et hystérie à la Salpêtrière, le cas de Célina Marcil (1870-1879)

Célina Marcil…, a 27-year-old laundress, had been interned at the Salpêtrière hospital since 1867. Diagnosed as hysterical, suffering from vaginismus, she suffered extremely violent attacks. In order to relieve her and to keep the ward calm, the hospital’s alienists were in the habit of generously p...

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Main Author: Zoë Dubus
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/8428