Book ID: CBB000201972

Fasting Girl: A True Victorian Medical Mystery (2002)

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Stacey, Michelle (Author)


Jeremy P. Tarcher, Putnam


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: 336 pp., illus., maps, bibl.
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Komagamine, Tomoko
Nardone, Raffaele
Hirata, Koichi
Jarrell, John
Ropper, Allan H.
Brigo, Francesco
Concepts
Hysteria
Mental disorders and diseases
Medicine
Psychiatry
Women and health
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
17th century
20th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
France
England
United States
Spain
Denmark
China
Institutions
Salpêtrière, Paris
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