Gender and medicine in Ireland, 1700-1950 / edited by Margaret H. Preston & Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Preston, Margaret H. (Margaret Helen), editor.

Ó hÓgartaigh, Margaret, editor.

Series:

Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Ireland--History.

Medicine.

Medical care--Ireland--History.

Medical care.

Women--Health and hygiene--Ireland--History.

Women.

Women--Health and hygiene.

History.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

xviii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The essays in this collection examine the intersections between gender, medicine, and conventional economic, political, and social histories in Ireland between 1700 and 1950. Gathering many of the top voices in Irish studies and the history of medicine, the editors cover a range of topics including midwifery, mental health, alcoholism, and infant mortality.

Composed of thirteen chapters, the volume includes James Kelly's original analyses of eighteenth-century dental practice, placing the Irish experience in an international context. Greta Jones, in an exploration of tuberculosis in Ireland, a disease that affected thousands, explains the reasons it results in higher mortality among women. Several essays call attention to the attempted containment of disease, exploring the role of asylums and the gendered attitudes toward insanity and reform. Contributors highlight the often neglected impact of nurses and midwives, occupations traditionally dominated by women.

Presenting a social history of Irish medicine, the disparate essays are united by several common themes: the inherent danger of life in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland, the specific brutality of women's lives at the time, and the heroics of several enlightened figures. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 "I Was Right Glad to Be Rid of It": Dental Medical Practice in Eighteenth-Century Ireland / James Kelly Kelly, James 9

2 Women and Tuberculosis in Ireland / Greta Jones Jones, Greta 33

3 Infant and Child Mortality in Dublin a Century Ago / Cormac Ó Gráda Gráda, Cormac Ó 49

4 Cure or Custody: Therapeutic Philosophy at the Connaught District Lunatic Asylum / Oonagh Walsh Walsh, Oonagh 69

5 Gender and Criminal Lunacy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland / Pauline Prior Prior, Pauline 86

6 Between Habitual Drunkards and Alcoholics: Inebriate Women and Reformatories in Ireland, 1899-1919 / Elizabeth Malcolm Malcolm, Elizabeth 108

7 Managing Midwifery in Dublin: Practice and Practitioners, 1700-1800 / Philomena Gorey Gorey, Philomena 123

8 Lady Dudley's District Nursing Scheme and the Congested Districts Board, 1903-1923 / Ciara Breathnach Breathnach, Ciara 138

9 "The Wages of Sin Is Death": Lock Hospitals, Venereal Disease, and Gender in Prefamine Ireland / Laurence M. Geary Geary, Laurence M. 154

10 "Sickness," Gender, and National Health Insurance in Ireland, 1920s to 1940s / Mel Cousins Cousins, Mel 169

11 "A Perpetual Nightmare": Women, Fertility Control, the Irish State, and the 1935 Ban on Contraceptives / Sandra McAvoy McAvoy, Sandra 189

12 "A Probable Source of Infection": The Limitations of Venereal Disease Policy, 1943-1951 / Susannah Riordan Riordan, Susannah 203

13 Prophylactics and Prejudice: Venereal Diseases in Northern Ireland during the Second World War / Leanne McCormick McCormick, Leanne 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815632719

0815632711

OCLC:

794363336