Critchley E M, Cantor H E
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984;289(6460):1785-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.289.6460.1785.
The authenticity of Charcot's original descriptions of hysteria has been questioned in the popular media. None the less, it is still possible to encounter florid forms of hysteria in culturally deprived communities, and to answer Charcot's present day critics we present a selection of patients from Kentucky's Appalachian countries with hysterial neurological disease. Their case histories are contrasted with those Charcot himself described and thereby form a modern commentary on such conditions as la grande hystérie, hysteroepilepsy, hysterotraumatic monoplegia, and hysterical hemianaesthesia.
夏科对癔症的原始描述的真实性在大众媒体中受到了质疑。尽管如此，在文化匮乏的社区中仍有可能遇到癔症的典型形式，为了回应夏科如今的批评者，我们展示了从肯塔基州阿巴拉契亚地区选取的患有癔症性神经疾病的患者。他们的病历与夏科自己描述的病历形成对比，从而对诸如大癔症、癔症性癫痫、癔症性创伤性单瘫和癔症性偏身感觉缺失等病症作出现代评论。
