title: Public health, politics and the stigma of mass hysteria: lessons from an outbreak of unusual illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of History and Social Sciences, Botany College, Manukau, Auckland 2016, New Zealand r.bartholomew@bdsc.school.nz.
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008399:Mass Behavior; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011057:Politics; D057545:Social Stigma; D020323:Tics / Q000453:epidemiology*
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