Women and the Practice of Medical Care i
β Leigh Whaley (auth.)
π Library
π
2011
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800
β Scribed by Leigh Whaley
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 323
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
1 The Medieval Contribution......Page 14
2 New Medical Regulations and their Impact on Female Healers......Page 33
3 Early Modern Notions of Women: Contradictory Views on Women as Healers......Page 55
4 Medical Treatises and Texts Written by Women and for Women......Page 75
5 Female Midwives and the Medical Profession......Page 98
6 The Healing Care of Nurses......Page 119
7 The 'Irregular' Female Healer in Early Modern Europe: A Variety of Practitioners......Page 138
8 Motherly Medicine: Domestic Healers and Apothecaries......Page 157
9 The Wise-Woman as Healer: Popular Medicine, Witchcraft and Magic......Page 181
Epilogue......Page 203
Notes......Page 205
Bibliography......Page 271
Index......Page 304
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