Erotomaniacal

At all events, whatever be the result, we think it would not be easy for a hypochondriacal gentleman to find a sane lady who would undertake his cure in this manner; and may be equally doubted whether any sane gentleman would undertake the cure of an erotomaniacal damsel. Probably M. Villermay may propose to pair the love-sick of the one sex with the hypochondriacs of the other.

As a vicious hysteric, Bertha Mason’s madness is precipitated by an erotomaniacal response.