Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance
John M. Riddle (Author), Harvard University Press (Publisher)
"Through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients, from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century, with forays into Victorian England. Riddle's thesis is that the ancient world did indeed possess effective (and safe) contraceptives and abortifacients. He evaluates the scientific merit of these ancient remedies and discusses why this rich body of knowledge about fertility control - widely held in the ancient world - was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages." -- Back cover of paperback
Print Book, English, 1992
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992