Popular medicine, hysterical disease, and social controversy in Shakespeare's England - Peterson, Kaara L. (Ashgate, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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