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The Mad Women's Ball 9781407165271 Whitney’s elder Miss Bluemarket movesThe Salptrire asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated for these women are often simply inconvenient, unwanted wives or strong willed daughters. Once a year a grand ball is held at the hospital. For the Parisian elite, the Mad Women's Ball is the highlight of the social season; for the women