[Hysteria in the 19th century].

At the beginning of the 17th century, well before the time of Jean-Martin Charcot, numerous medical theses related to hysteria were defended, particularly in Paris. Among these theses, the work of Auguste Lepecq de la Clôture stands out for a controversy that questions the "matrix" origin of hysteria. Although Charcot, Babinski and Freud showed considerable interest in this pathology, its source remained mysterious to the point of disappearing from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In this turmoil, women, reduced to the world of silence, have been tossed around throughout history, abused by politicians. While some have tried to make themselves heard, no one seems to have heard them.