La mujer y el alcoholismo en México en el Siglo XIX
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| author | María Blanca Ramos de Viesca |
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| contents | La mujer y el alcoholismo en México en el Siglo XIX María Blanca Ramos de Viesca Medicina women history Alcoholism clinical manifestations The social condition and habits of the Mexican women in the XIXCentury reduced certain illnesses, in which the morality and theintimacy were envolved, to only be studied in their advanced stages.This is the case of syphilis and alcoholism. At that time, an exemplarybehavior and way of life of women were expected, thus rejecting allexcesse. Women reflected the education provided for them at homeor at such schools as The Vizcain College. It was believed thatwomen were fragile and sensible, therefore prone to noble feelingsand emotions.It was believed that certain illnesses were produced by the poorfunctioning of the uterus, by their sexual desires and by their nature.Hysteria and chlorosis were considered as women’s illnesses. Whenat the beginning of the XIX Century, Esquirol described the deliriumcaused by drunkedness, a new entity, called alcoholism, was born.National and international statistics were elaborated on alcoholism.The high risk occupations most related to alcoholism were: miners,people working in wine shops and coachmen. Workers were inducedto drink since morning. Women also worked in these areas.Alcoholism was supposed to be more common in middle classwomen, who were usually angry and suffered due to marital quarrels.They were supposed to get more easily drunk. During their hyperstesicperiod, chronic alcoholism is described, including alcoholic hysteria,alcoholic epilepsy, delirium tremens, lipemania and dipsomania.In this stage they usually lost their mental and affective faculties.In alcoholic epilepsy, convulsions were of a more exquisite naturethan in men. Alcoholic epilepsy demonstrated the relation betweenthe nerves of the uterus and those of the cerebellum. Women withdelirium tremens, with a dominant passion, such as jelousy, expressedit in each delirious access. Dipsomany was observed in menopausicwomen. Due to the social repression they had to hide their drinking.When alcoholism turned into a psychiatric problem, it was reducedto its hysteric and epileptic forms, which were the feminineexpressions of mental illness at that time. 2001 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58232405 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.3 Vol.24 |
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| spellingShingle | La mujer y el alcoholismo en México en el Siglo XIX María Blanca Ramos de Viesca Medicina women history Alcoholism clinical manifestations La mujer y el alcoholismo en México en el Siglo XIX María Blanca Ramos de Viesca Medicina women history Alcoholism clinical manifestations The social condition and habits of the Mexican women in the XIXCentury reduced certain illnesses, in which the morality and theintimacy were envolved, to only be studied in their advanced stages.This is the case of syphilis and alcoholism. At that time, an exemplarybehavior and way of life of women were expected, thus rejecting allexcesse. Women reflected the education provided for them at homeor at such schools as The Vizcain College. It was believed thatwomen were fragile and sensible, therefore prone to noble feelingsand emotions.It was believed that certain illnesses were produced by the poorfunctioning of the uterus, by their sexual desires and by their nature.Hysteria and chlorosis were considered as women’s illnesses. Whenat the beginning of the XIX Century, Esquirol described the deliriumcaused by drunkedness, a new entity, called alcoholism, was born.National and international statistics were elaborated on alcoholism.The high risk occupations most related to alcoholism were: miners,people working in wine shops and coachmen. Workers were inducedto drink since morning. Women also worked in these areas.Alcoholism was supposed to be more common in middle classwomen, who were usually angry and suffered due to marital quarrels.They were supposed to get more easily drunk. During their hyperstesicperiod, chronic alcoholism is described, including alcoholic hysteria,alcoholic epilepsy, delirium tremens, lipemania and dipsomania.In this stage they usually lost their mental and affective faculties.In alcoholic epilepsy, convulsions were of a more exquisite naturethan in men. Alcoholic epilepsy demonstrated the relation betweenthe nerves of the uterus and those of the cerebellum. Women withdelirium tremens, with a dominant passion, such as jelousy, expressedit in each delirious access. Dipsomany was observed in menopausicwomen. Due to the social repression they had to hide their drinking.When alcoholism turned into a psychiatric problem, it was reducedto its hysteric and epileptic forms, which were the feminineexpressions of mental illness at that time. 2001 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58232405 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.3 Vol.24 |
| title | La mujer y el alcoholismo en México en el Siglo XIX |
| topic | Medicina women history Alcoholism clinical manifestations |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58232405 |