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Women, gender and disease in eighteenth-century England and France / edited by Kathleen Hardesty Doig and Felicia Berger Sturzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in medicine--England--History--18th century.
- Women in medicine.
- Women in medicine--France--History--18th century.
- Medicine--England--History--18th century.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--France--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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....
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6121-9
- OCLC:
- 881184114
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