Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium--for the Ailments of Women.Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium--for the Ailments of Women Ludmilla Bollow Behler Publications 22365 El Toro Road El Toro Road is a major street that lies in Orange County, California, and it connects Laguna Beach and Trabuco Canyon through Silverado Canyon mountains to Wagon Wheel. Route Description El Toro Road is one of the divide highway or road in Southern Orange County. #135, Lake Forest, CA 92630 www.behlerpublications.com 800-830-2913 ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1933016019 $16.95 346 pages Ludmilla Bollow has authored plays produced in more than fifty theaters across America and the world. The recipient of numerous play-writing awards, she has written two books of published plays as well as published articles, short stories, and poetry in magazines and journals. Her latest writing, Dr. Zastro's Sanitarium sanitarium /san·i·tar·i·um/ (-tar´e-um) an institution for the promotion of health. san·i·tar·i·um n. See sanatorium. , -draws the reader into the world of medicine and women during the late 1800's. Dr. Zastro, a renowned physician of the 1880's, specializes in hypnosis hypnosis State that resembles sleep but is induced by a person (the hypnotist) whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject. The hypnotized individual seems to respond in an uncritical, automatic fashion, ignoring aspects of the environment (e.g. and electromagnetic healing utilizing machines that employ electrical stimulus. Every year, Dr. Zastro selects six women, each with a different ailment ail·ment n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness. , for treatment at his sanitarium for a period of three weeks. Although Dr. Zastro is devoted to the care of women, he holds the popular belief among males of the 19th century that females are the inferior sex. As a disciplined, self-isolating physician, Dr. Zastro is initially irritated by independent, free-spirited Yana Kejako, who has come to his sanitarium for treatment of an arm injury due to a horse-riding accident. Half-gypsy and half-Irish, Yana is an anomaly among women of the late 1800's: she is not afraid to speak her mind or question those in authority and does not submit to males. Although the two are diverse culturally and in mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. , they are drawn together with a passion that cannot be denied and which is freeing for both. When it seems they have found common ground through their love, an unforeseen event threatens to separate them forever. Ms. Bollow has written a spellbinding spell·bind tr.v. spell·bound , spell·bind·ing, spell·binds To hold under or as if under a spell; enchant or fascinate. [Back-formation from spellbound. story filled with yearning desire and heart-wrenching loss. Her characterizations are deftly portrayed and her depiction of the developing romance between Yana and Dr. Zastro delivered with sensitivity and sensuality. This historical peek into the views and practices of the medical field during the late 1800's regarding the treatment of women is fascinating to read, as is the manner in which females were perceived and treated by men. A compelling book, -recommended without reservation. |
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