...This, however, is not on account of the uterus, but for reasons which will be seen in the sequel.i 60. The frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of the shapes which it puts on. Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part...

...violent palpitation of the heart, fixed pain under the short ribs, increased secretion of urine — not uncommon in all nervous affections, especially of...remarkable than the multiformity of the shapes it puts on. l?ew maladies are not imitated by it ; whatever part of the body it attacks, it assumes the appearance...

...the shapes which hysteria puts on, says that there are but few maladies not imitated by it, and that whatever part of the body it attacks it assumes the appearance of the disease to which the part is liable ; and I must say that a more striking illustration of this truth can scarcely be...

...Symptoms were highly varied. As early as the seventeenth century, indeed, Sydenham had remarked that "the frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than...imitated by it; whatever part of the body it attacks, it will create the proper symptom of that part."15 The nineteenth-century physician could only concur....

...was the first writer to explain why this was the case: "Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part of the body it attacks, it will create the proper symptom of that part. Hence, without skill and sagacity the physician will be...

...for a myriad ailments and symptoms supposedly associated with 'woman'. As Sydenham commented in 1848: The frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of shapes which it puts on. Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever...

...narrative, yet truth eluded even those, like Thomas Sydenham, who wrote most sympathetically about hysteria: The frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of shapes it puts on. Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part...

...disorders made up a full two-thirds of all chronic diseases and were, indeed, most typically female. The frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of the shapes which it puts on. Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part...

...up a full two-thirds of all chronic diseases and were, indeed, most typically female. The freqnency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of the shapes which it puts on. Few of the maladies of misetable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part...

...based on observation, "hysteric disorders" were the counterfeiters of illness. As he wrote in 1681, "The frequency of hysteria is no less remarkable than the multiformity of the shapes which it puts on. Few of the maladies of miserable mortality are not imitated by it. Whatever part...