None, according to our google overlords:
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/hysteresis/WhatIsHysteresis.html
On 12/20/05, Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was wondering what the connection is (if any) between hysteria and
> hysteresis--I don't have enough Greek to hail a taxi.
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
> > poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
> > Sent: 20 December 2005 10:51
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: "Male hysterics"
> >
> > > "according to hippocrates hysteria is what happens when your uterus
> > > gets up and wanders around your body. so i don't think men can get
> > > it."
> > >
> > > This is the word from my Psych Doc Daughter in training!
> > ...
> > > Stephen V
> >
> > This is certainly the derivation and early meaning (why it
> > was sometimes refered to as "a fit of the mother"), but the
> > Lear quote suggests that it began at least by about 1600 to
> > get extended (metaphorically?) to the male sex. In a bit of
> > a rush, so haven't had time to chase this -- a look in the
> > OED might help re dates.
> >
> > (Must be useful to have a PsiDoctor in the house, for medical
> > emergencies of the mental kind.)
> >
> > Robin
> >
>
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