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'Hystero-epilepsy' is an alleged disease "discovered" by 19th-century French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. It is considered a famous example of iatrogenic artifact, or a disease created by doctors.
The disease was considered a combination of hysteria and epilepsy. Charcot housed his "hystero-epilepsy" patients in the same ward as patients with epilepsy, because both were considered "episodic" diseases. Symptoms included "convulsions, contortions, fainting, and transient impairment of consciousness."
Joseph Babinski convinced Charcot that he was inducing the symptoms in his patients because of his treatment regimen. [1]
★ Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
1. Spanos, Nicholas P. Multiple Identities and False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1996).
★ Hystero-epilepsy from the Skeptic's Dictionary
★ Paul McHugh on Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
The disease was considered a combination of hysteria and epilepsy. Charcot housed his "hystero-epilepsy" patients in the same ward as patients with epilepsy, because both were considered "episodic" diseases. Symptoms included "convulsions, contortions, fainting, and transient impairment of consciousness."
Joseph Babinski convinced Charcot that he was inducing the symptoms in his patients because of his treatment regimen. [1]
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See also
★ Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
References
1. Spanos, Nicholas P. Multiple Identities and False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1996).
External links
★ Hystero-epilepsy from the Skeptic's Dictionary
★ Paul McHugh on Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
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