Religious Stigmata, Magnetic Fluids and Conversion Hysteria
One Survival of 'Vital Force' Theories in Scientific Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2394552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roland Littlewood (University College London), Goffredo Bartocci (World Psychiatric Association, Transcultural Psychiatry Section) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 596-609 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transcultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363461505058917 |
| PMID | 16570519 |
| OpenAlex | W2095002705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
A study of Natuzza Evolo, a contemporary Roman Catholic stigmatic in southern Italy, raises certain questions of mechanism and evidence. Was this a miracle, hysterical conversion or contrived? The medical interpretation of the phenomenon as conversion disorder raises questions about the popularity of hysteria as a medical diagnosis and the ways in which it functions like 'vital forc', as a metaphoric mediator between the natural world, human agency, and the ultrahuman
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |