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100 1 _aBrown, Isaac Baker,
_d1812-1873
245 1 0 _aOn the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-07-27
508 _aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"On the Curability of Certain Forms of Insanity, Epilepsy, Catalepsy, and Hysteria in Females" by Baker Brown is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the surgical treatment of specific nervous disorders within women, such as hysteria and epilepsy, arguing that many of these conditions are curable through physical intervention. Through detailed accounts of various medical cases, the author seeks to illustrate the efficacy of his methods in alleviating these debilitating conditions. The opening of the work begins with Brown's preface, in which he expresses gratitude towards Dr. Brown-Séquard for allowing him to dedicate the book to him, emphasizing the importance of these theories in surgery and neurology. Brown describes his observations and conclusions drawn from cases involving female patients suffering from various forms of hysteria, epilepsy, and related disorders. He discusses how many conditions result from peripheral nerve irritation, particularly surrounding the pudic nerve, and shares past experiences leading to the treatment methods he advocates. The section lays the foundation for a detailed examination of specific cases, promising a thorough exploration of his surgical interventions and their outcomes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Robert Hardwicke, 1866
653 _aClitoridectomy
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b21783160
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65927
999 _c106749
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