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MS was called hysterical paralysis right up to the day they invented a CAT scan machine
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MS was called hysterical paralysis right up tothe day they invented a CAT scan machine

Unrest • 2017
MS was called hysterical paralysis right up to
the day they invented a CAT scan machine

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MS was called hysterical paralysis right up to the day they invented a CAT scan machine.
Duration
9 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:40
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama, history
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When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
Because now we had the capacity to look at the brain and see those great big white spots of demyelination. - Unrest 00:08
Because now we had the capacity to look at the brain and see...
>> Jennifer: We used to institutionalize women with hysteria. - Unrest 00:06
>> Jennifer: We used to institutionalize women with...
It s always tempting to look at the past as something strange and distant - Unrest 00:10
It s always tempting to look at the past as something...
But what I could never have imagined, had I not gotten this disease, is that we’re still doing this. - Unrest 00:10
But what I could never have imagined, had I not gotten this ...
In Denmark the health authorities do not recognize ME as a physical disease. - Unrest 00:12
In Denmark the health authorities do not recognize ME as a p...
They say it is a psychiatric disease. - Unrest 00:05
They say it is a psychiatric disease.
Karina is only being seen by the psychiatric doctors that took her away from her parents. - Unrest 00:07
Karina is only being seen by the psychiatric doctors that to...
She's not been allowed to be seen by any other doctors. - Unrest 00:06
She's not been allowed to be seen by any other doctors.
>>Jennifer: When I first heard of this story I could hardly believe it. - Unrest 00:06
>>Jennifer: When I first heard of this story I could h...
But I learned that in many countries doctors have been removing severe patients from their homes for decades. - Unrest 00:09
But I learned that in many countries doctors have been remov...
This is their general idea: - Unrest 00:08
This is their general idea:
Your parents indulge these beliefs, and this has kept you sick. - Unrest 00:07
Your parents indulge these beliefs, and this has kept you si...
So removing you from their influence is the only way you can get better. - Unrest 00:07
So removing you from their influence is the only way you can...
Maybe it's harder to see the harm when it's caused by good intentions. - Unrest 00:08
Maybe it's harder to see the harm when it's caused...
When my neurologist diagnosed me, he said my symptoms were caused by a distant trauma. - Unrest 00:08
When my neurologist diagnosed me, he said my symptoms were c...
One I might not even remember. - Unrest 00:06
One I might not even remember.
So I walked home in spite of the pain in my legs, the burning in my brain. - Unrest 00:10
So I walked home in spite of the pain in my legs, the burnin...
My body was screaming but I ignored it because he told me, 'this has no biological cause.' - Unrest 00:12
My body was screaming but I ignored it because he told me, &...
That was the last time I ever walked that far. - Unrest 00:06
That was the last time I ever walked that far.
I used to be angry - Unrest 00:12
I used to be angry