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How The Brain Lost Its Mind - Sex, Hysteria and the Riddle of Mental Illness (Paperback, Main)
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How The Brain Lost Its Mind - Sex, Hysteria and the Riddle of Mental Illness (Paperback, Main)
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Loot Price R184
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'Hugely entertaining' Guardian 'Fascinating' Mail on Sunday In
1882, Jean-Martin Charcot was the premiere physician in Paris,
having just established a neurology clinic at the infamous
Salpêtrière Hospital, a place that was called a 'grand asylum of
human misery'. Assessing the dismal conditions, he quickly upgraded
the facilities, and in doing so, revolutionized the treatment of
mental illness. Many of Charcot's patients had neurosyphilis (the
advanced form of syphilis), a disease of mad poets, novelists,
painters, and musicians, and a driving force behind the overflow of
patients in Europe's asylums. A sexually transmitted disease, it is
known as 'the great imitator' since its symptoms resemble those of
almost any biological disease or mental illness. It is also the
perfect lens through which to peel back the layers to better
understand the brain and the mind. Yet, Charcot's work took a
bizarre turn when he brought mesmerism - hypnotism - into his
clinic, abandoning his pursuit of the biological basis of illness
in favour of the far sexier and theatrical treatment of female
'hysterics', whose symptoms mimic those seen in brain disease, but
were elusive in origin. This and a general fear of contagion set
the stage for Sigmund Freud, whose seductive theory, Freudian
analysis, brought sex and hysteria onto the psychiatrist couch,
leaving the brain behind. How The Brain Lost Its Mind tells this
rich and compelling story, and raises a host of philosophical and
practical questions. Are we any closer to understanding the
difference between a sick mind and a sick brain? The real issue
remains: where should neurology and psychiatry converge to explore
not just the brain, but the nature of the human psyche?
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