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clavus

clavus In this historical psychiatric usage, clavus means a severe, sharply localised pain in the head.

In this historical psychiatric usage, clavus means a severe, sharply localised pain in the head. The source presents it as a classic example of the neuralgic-like pains described in hysteria.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-3580500-3592500).
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