Body: | Uncommon Kind of Convulsions
The philosophical Transactions, Vol 5
John Freind
Doctor
1701 AD
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Introduction:
In 1701 AD, John Freind, doctor, related a case of contagious
hysteria known as "the barking girls". Two related families of young girls
were having a grand old time putting on a classic show of hysteria. In 1787
AD, William St. Clare noted in his "An Epidemic Of Hysterics" the
following: "barking and howling like dogs . . . accompanied by violent
rhythmic movements of the head and contortions of the face . . . when their
breath failed they would one by one fall into a paroxysm like an epileptic
fit". (Uncommon Kind of Convulsions, John Freind, The philosophical
Transactions, vol 5, 1701 AD)
Uncommon Kind of Convulsions, John Freind, The philosophical
Transactions, vol 5, 1701 AD
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Uncommon Kind of Convulsions, John Freind, The philosophical Transactions,
vol 5, 1701 AD
Uncommon Kind of Convulsions, John Freind, The philosophical Transactions,
vol 5, 1701 AD
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