S. Weir Mitchell who was among the 19th century's most eminent physicians, a man of enormous literary and medical talents, whose influence was profound in many quarters, and who, at the turn of the century, jumped on a bandwagon of gender-hysteria that swept across American society. Michael S. Kimmel teaches at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

S. Weir Mitchell who was among the 19th century's most eminent physicians, a man of enormous literary and medical talents, whose influence was profound in many quarters, and who, at the turn of the century, jumped on a bandwagon of gender-hysteria that swept across American society. Michael S. Kimmel teaches at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

S. Weir Mitchell who was among the 19th century's most eminent physicians, a man of enormous literary and medical talents, whose influence was profound in many quarters, and who, at the turn of the century, jumped on a bandwagon of gender-hysteria that swept across American society. Michael S. Kimmel teaches at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.