"Mass Hysteria and Strict Schools" with Denny Redmond
54m | May 18, 2021This week Saoirse Siné talks mass hysteria, mental disciple and fainting school children with actor Denny Redmond.
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Episode Source Material
"Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566"
by Robert E. Bartholomew, Bob Rickard
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/08/21/sandy
https://archive.org/details/epidemicsofmiddl1844heck/page/n5/mode/2up
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3575566/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-strangest-mass-hysterias.htm
https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-discipline-theory
https://esoterx.com/2015/08/05/bad-habits-the-15th-century-nun-biting-mania/
https://practicalpie.com/edward-thorndike/
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