Making women's medicine masculine : the rise of male authority in pre-modern gynaecology
Monica Helen Green (Author)
Using sources ranging from the famous 12th-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, through to the great tomes of Renaissance male physicians, this is a pioneering study challenging the common belief that, prior to the 18th century, men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe. - ;Making Women's Medicine Masculine challenges the common belief that prior to the eighteenth century men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe. Using sources ranging from the writings of the famous twelfth-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, all the
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1 online resource (xx, 409 pages) : illustrations
9780191549526, 9781281341488, 9786611341480, 9780191607356, 0191549525, 1281341487, 661134148X, 0191607355
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The gentle hand of a woman? Trota and women's medicine at Salerno
Men's practice of women's medicine in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
Bruno's paradox: women and literate medicine
In a language women understand: the gender of the vernacular
Slander and the secrets of women
The masculine birth of gynaecology
English
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