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An essay on the Charcot and Richer hysteria: from charcoal drawings to cell phones

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Hysteria, previously also known as the disease of the womb, has moved from being a woman's illness through the medieval times' stigma of demonic possession, to the modern concept of a functional neurological disorder. Interestingly to the present assay, Charcot (1825–1893) and Richer (1849–1933) described, in their 1887 work Les Démoniaques dans l'art, by means of iconography, semiological aspects of the so-called Grande Attaque Hystérique, which resembles features of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures emulating grand mal epileptic seizures. The aim of the present assay is to describe how those charcoal iconographic representations evolved through history and are nowadays portrayed in videos recorded at epilepsy monitoring units and patients' cell phones.

Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1789229

Authors: Marlon Wycliff Caeira, Leo Coutinho, Igor Abrahim Nascimento, Luciano de Paola, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive

Institutions: Hospital de Clínicas Universidade Federal do Paraná, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Language: English

Topic: Neurology and Historical Studies

Subfield: Neurology

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $200