The phenomenon of somatization - that is, that some patients present physical symptoms that cannot be supported by organic findings - has engaged medicine throughout centuries. Knowledge of history is useful in the present exploration of the phenomenon and in the discussion of its nosologic state and limitation. In the present review the historical lines are drawn, with the greatest importance attached to hysteria and the various underlying hypotheses.
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