Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy: The Case of Nanette Leroux

by JanGoldstein (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $33.79

  Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions.