Women as Healers by Hilary Bourdillon

Women as Healers by Hilary Bourdillon

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Zusammenfassung

A book looking at the important and varied role women have played in medicine as healers, midwives, nurses, doctors and campaigners, from ancient times to the present day. The author's concern is with the medical treatment and practitioners rather than with the history of medical ideas.

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Women as Healers by Hilary Bourdillon

'It is helpful for a woman in difficult labour to be bathed in water whcih has been cooked in mallow, chickpeas and barley.' Trotula, Diseases of Women, Italy 11th century '[She] was a lover of the study of medicine and the practise of Alchemy. She prepared excellent medicines that did good to many.' Diary of Anne Clifford, England 17th century Until the 20th century Western people rarely saw a doctor: medical care from birth to death was provided by women in the community. Women as Healers looks at the important and varied role women have played in medicine - as healers, midwives, doctors, nurses and campaigners - from ancient times to the present day. The author also discusses women's struggle to become accepted on the same terms as men in the medical profession. Through a remarkable range of source material, some previously unpublished, the author unearths this hidden and neglected history.
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780521310901
ISBN 10 0521310903
Titel Women as Healers
Autor Hilary Bourdillon
Serie Women In History
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1988-12-15
Seitenanzahl 48
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.