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Eve's herbs : a history of contraception and abortion in the West / John M. Riddle.
LIBRA RG137.45 .R53 1997
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Van Pelt Library RG137.45 .R53 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riddle, John M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herbal contraceptives--History.
- Herbal contraceptives.
- Herbal abortifacients--History.
- Herbal abortifacients.
- Birth control--Public opinion.
- Birth control.
- Abortion--Public opinion.
- Abortion.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Just what through the centuries have women known about how to regulate fertility by various herbs. According to historian John Riddle, around the 15th century the new intellectual, religious and legal climate forced such knowledge underground. Persecuted as "witchcraft" then and prosecuted as a crime in our own time, Riddle reveals that the control of fertility by "Eve's herbs" actually has been practiced by women since the most ancient of times.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 067427024X
- OCLC:
- 36126503
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