Research article summary (published 30 Dec 1999):

The race of hysteria: "overcivilization" and the "savage" woman in late nineteenth-century obstetrics and gynecology.

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Author information

Author/s: Briggs, L (L);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: American quarterly (Am Q), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-; vol 52 (issue 2) : pp 246-73

Dates: Created 2006/07/21; Completed 2006/08/30;

PMID: 16858900, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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African Americans - ethnology; history Continental Population Groups - ethnology; history; psychology Female Gynecology - history History, 19th Century Humans Hysteria - diagnosis; ethnology; history

Neurology - history Obstetrics - history Prejudice Psychiatry - history Race Relations - history United States - ethnology Women - history; psychology

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