Introduction: historica passio: the fit of history
Early modern medicine and the case history of King Lear
"So troubled with the mother": dying to live
"The ink of lovers": revenge tragedy's blood letters
"Mocked with art" and playing dead: the theatrics of hysterica passio
Epilogue: Hermione's legacy, or hysteria after 1700.
Popular medicine, hysterical disease, and social controversy in Shakespeare's England by Kaara L. Peterson. ISBN 9780754698234. Published by Ashgate in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.