Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière (Mit Press)
A study of Charcot's photographic documentation of hysteria at the Salpêtrière, exploring medicine, visual culture, and institutional power in nineteenth-century psychiatry.
About This Book
This book examines the role of photography in the study of hysteria under Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris.
It discusses how visual documentation shaped medical perceptions and the representation of patients during the late nineteenth century.
The work analyzes the intersection of clinical practice, image-making, and institutional authority in the history of psychiatry.
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