Helen King

Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology (eBook, ePUB)

The Uses of a Sixteenth-Century Compendium

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine. Focusing on its readers in the period from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, when men and women were in competition for control over childbirth, Helen King sheds new light on how the claim of female difference was shaped by specific social and cultural conditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351917681
• Artikelnr.: 47954683

Autorenporträt

Helen King is Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University, UK. Her previous publications include Hippocrates' Woman and The Disease of Virgins.