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Making women's medicine masculine : the rise of male authority in pre-modern gynaecology / Monica H. Green.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Green, Monica Helen, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gynecology--History--To 1500.
Gynecology.
Gynecology--History--16th century.
Women--Health and hygiene--History--To 1500.
Women.
Women--Health and hygiene--History--16th century.
Medical writing--History--To 1500.
Medical writing.
Medical writing--History--16th century.
Women gynecologists--History--To 1500.
Women gynecologists.
Women gynecologists--History--16th century.
Physicians--Attitudes--History.
Physicians.
Sexism in medicine.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 409 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Using sources ranging from the famous 12th-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, through to the great tomes of Renaissance male physicians, this is a pioneering study challenging the common belief that, prior to the 18th century, men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe.
Contents:
Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Literacy, Medicine, and Gender; 1. The Gentle Hand of a Woman? Trota and Women's Medicine at Salerno; 2. Men's Practice of Women's Medicine in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries; 3. Bruno's Paradox: Women and Literate Medicine; 4. In a Language Women Understand: the Gender of the Vernacular; 5. Slander and the Secrets of Women; 6. The Masculine Birth of Gynaecology; Conclusion: The Medieval Legacy: Medicine of, for, and by Women; Appendix 1. Medieval and Renaissance Owners of Trotula Manuscripts
Appendix 2. Printed Gynaecological and Obstetrical Texts, 1474-1600References; General Index; Index of Manuscripts Cited
Notes:
Formerly CIP.
Previously issued in print: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-384) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
9786611341480
9781383034950
1383034958
9780191607356
0191607355
9781281341488
1281341487
9780191549526
0191549525
OCLC:
476242943
Publisher Number:
2027/heb09091 hdl

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