Women and the practice of medical care in early modern Europe, 1400-1800

著者

• Whaley, Leigh Ann

書誌事項

Women and the practice of medical care in early modern Europe, 1400-1800

Leigh Whaley

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

• : hardback

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-296) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

Acknowledgements Introduction The Medieval Contribution New Medical Regulations and their Impact on Female Healers Early Modern notions of Women: Contradictory Views on Women as Healers Medical Treatises and Texts written by Women and for Women Female Midwives and the Medical Profession The Healing Care of Nurses The 'Irregular' Female Healer in Early modern Europe: a Variety of Practitioners Motherly Medicine: Domestic Healers and Apothecaries The Wise-Woman as Healer: Popular Medicine, Witchcraft and Magic Epilogue Bibliography Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB05144392
• ISBN:
  • 9780230282919
• LCCN: 2010034822
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Basingstoke
• ページ数/冊数: vi, 316 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 610.82
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Women in medicine -- Europe -- History
  • LCSH : Medicine, Medieval -- Europe