title: [Literature, care of the body and love sickness in modern age].
abstract: A short Italian text dating the end of XVIII century examines the problem of convulsions of women relating them to the ancient topic of love sickness. Ancient Greek and Roman medical and non medical literature, together with literary texts are used by the author Giovanni Pirani to draw the picture of a moral illness strictly related to a physical dimension.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Storia della Medicina, Dip. di Medicina Sperimentale, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", I. valentina.gazzaniga@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008149:Love; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000266:history; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*