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A history of women in medicine : cunning women, physicians, witches / Sinéad Spearing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spearing, Sinead, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in medicine--History.
- Women in medicine.
- History.
- Herbalists--History.
- Herbalists.
- History of Medicine.
- Women--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- History of Medicine.
- Women--history.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 147 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : Pen & Sword History, 2019.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 From the dust of the ground p. 1
- Chapter 2 Flesh on the Bones p. 6
- Chapter 3 The 'Doctor's Bag' p. 12
- Chapter 4 Magically Empowered p. 26
- Chapter 5 Riddle me This p. 34
- Chapter 6 Women only p. 45
- Chapter 7 The Cult of the Goddess p. 54
- Chapter 8 Daughters of Eve p. 63
- Chapter 9 The Problem of Truth p. 73
- Chapter 10 Smoke and Mirrors p. 81
- Chapter 11 Physician to Witch p. 88
- Chapter 12 Sacred Space and Christian Magic p. 98
- Chapter 13 The Malleus Maleficarum p. 109
- Chapter 14 Bessie's Tale (Cunning-Women on Trial) p. 118
- Chapter 15 A Very British Tradition p. 128.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1526714299
- 9781526714299
- OCLC:
- 1041514480
- Publisher Number:
- 99979364993
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