"On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females" by Isaac Baker Brown is a 19th-century publication covering certain nervous disorders in women. Grounded in medical observation, the author presents a detailed overview of the surgical treatment of female nervous conditions, like hysteria and epilepsy. The book aims to showcase that these conditions can be alleviated through medical operations. Through the examination detailed medical cases, the author seeks to illustrate the efficacy of his operational methods with female patients suffering from various forms of hysteria, epilepsy, and related disorders. The work begins with the author's expression of gratitude towards Dr. Brown-Séquard for enabling him to dedicate the book to him, emphasizing the significant role of these surgical and neurological theories. He argues that many of these conditions result from nerve irritation, particularly affecting the pudic nerve, and shares past experiences that inform his treatment methods.
On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females
By Isaac Baker Brown
Discover a doctor's controversial methods for treating female nervous disorders in the 1800s through surgical intervention.
Summary
About the AuthorIsaac Baker Brown was a prominent 19th-century English gynaecologist and obstetrical surgeon. He had a reputation as a specialist in the diseases of women and advocated certain surgical procedures, including clitoridectomies, as cures for epilepsy and hysteria. In 1867, his career ended when he was accused of performing these procedures without consent of the patients. He was subsequently expelled from the Obstetrical Society of London.
Isaac Baker Brown was a prominent 19th-century English gynaecologist and obstetrical surgeon. He had a reputation as a specialist in the diseases of women and advocated certain surgical procedures, including clitoridectomies, as cures for epilepsy and hysteria. In 1867, his career ended when he was accused of performing these procedures without consent of the patients. He was subsequently expelled from the Obstetrical Society of London.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment
By Isaac George Briggs
Neurosyphilis : $b Modern systematic diagnosis and treatment presented in one hundred and thirty-seven case histories
By Elmer Ernest Southard
Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England
By John Haslam
The modern malady : $b or, Sufferers from "nerves"
By Cyril Bennett
Neuralgia and the diseases that resemble it
By Francis Edmund Anstie
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy
By Alexander Hughes Bennett
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Child's Health Primer For Primary Classes With Special Reference to the Effects of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants, and Narcotics upon The Human System
By Jane Andrews
London (Ancient and Modern) from the Sanitary and Medical Point of View
By George Vivian Poore
A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping Rural Sanitary District
By William Henry Power
Health, Healing, and Faith
By Russell H. Conwell
Medical Sketches of the Expedition to Egypt, from India
By James McGrigor
Blood Transfusion
By Geoffrey Keynes