Making women's medicine masculine : the rise of male authority in pre-modern gynaecology / Monica H. Green.

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Green, Monica Helen [author.]

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TextSeries: ACLS Fellows' publicationsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 409 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780191549526
0191549525
1281341487
9781281341488
9786611341480
661134148X
0191607355
9780191607356

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making women's medicine masculine.DDC classification:

618.1 22

LOC classification:

RG51 .G74 2008eb

NLM classification:

WP 11 GA1

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-384) and indexes.

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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.

English.

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