BIBFRAME Work

Title

Medical muses

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Hustvedt, Asti (author)

Subject

• Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893 (LCNAF)
• Neurology--history--Paris (MESH)
• Hysteria--history--Paris (MESH)
• History, 19th Century--Paris (MESH)
• Hysteria--Treatment--France--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Psychiatry--France--History--19th century (LCSH)
• Neurologists--France (LCSH)
• Salpêtrière (Hospital) (LCNAF)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• eng

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• NLM: 2011 F-874 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: uba)
• NLM: WM 11 GF7 (Assigner: dnlm) (Status: nuba)
• LCC: RC339.52.C453 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
• DDC: 616.890092/244361 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

Depicts the lives of three French women who became unwitting celebrities after being committed to the hysteria ward of Salpetrière Hospital in 1870s Paris and delves into the treatment they received from noted French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot.

Authorized Access Point

Hustvedt, Asti. Medical muses

Geographic Coverage

• France

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:45:48.425964+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23982658

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc