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Titolo: |
Women, gender and disease in eighteenth-century England and France / / edited by Kathleen Hardesty Doig and Felicia Berger Sturzer
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Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina: | 610.695082094 |
Soggetto topico: | Women in medicine - England - History - 18th century |
Women in medicine - France - History - 18th century | |
Medicine - England - History - 18th century | |
Medicine - France - History - 18th century | |
Persona (resp. second.): | DoigKathleen Hardesty |
SturzerFelicia Berger | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
Sommario/riassunto: | Based on encyclopedias, medical journals, historical, and literary sources, this collection of interdisciplinary essays focuses on the intersection of women, gender, and disease in England and France. Diverse critical perspectives highlight contributions women made to the scientific and medical communities of the eighteenth century. In spite of obstacles encountered in spaces dominated by men, women became midwives, and wrote self-help manuals on women's health, hygiene, and domestic economy.... |
Titolo autorizzato: | Women, gender and disease in eighteenth-century England and France ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4438-6121-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910791025103321 |
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