Series[UMA-SRE-20140039] RESEARCH AND REFERENCE CARD INDEXESAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014003900449Scope and ContentNotes: Hysteria (Girls hysteria - uterus) A psycho-neurosis the symptoms of which are based on a conversion i.e. psychic energy from a repressed idea or complex is converted into nervous stimuli giving rise to physical symptoms, and which is characterised by lack of control over acts and emotions, by morbid self-consciousness, by anxiety, be exaggeration of the efffect of sensory impressions, and by simulation of various disorders. Symptoms of the disease are hyper??; pain and tenderness in the region of the ovaries, spine and head; anesthesic and other sensory disturbamces; choking sensation, dimness of vision; paralysis; toxic spasms; convulsions; retention of urine; vasomotor disturbances, fever, hallucinations, catalepsy. Back of card is blank.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0039 Unit 0007Copyright StatusUniversity copyrightConditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright owned by University of Melbourne. For information about ordering a copy of this image contact the University of Melbourne Archives: archives@archives.unimelb.edu.auMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online
