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Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance / John M. Riddle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riddle, John M.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Contraception--History.
- Contraception.
- Oral contraceptives--History.
- Oral contraceptives.
- Abortifacients--History.
- Abortifacients.
- Medicine, Ancient.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Mifepristone--History.
- Mifepristone.
- History, Ancient.
- Abortifacient Agents--history.
- Contraception--history.
- History, Medieval.
- Greece, Ancient.
- Medical Subjects:
- History, Ancient.
- Abortifacient Agents--history.
- Contraception--history.
- History, Medieval.
- Greece, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 245 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- 1: Population and Sex
- 2: Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients
- 3: Soranus on Antifertility Agents
- 4: Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica
- 5: Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus
- 6: Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents
- 7: Egyptian Papyrus Sources
- 8: Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen
- 9: The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages
- 10: The MIddle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard
- 11: Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century
- 12: Islam, Arabic Medicine through the Twelfth Century
- 13: Knowledge of Birth Control in the West
- 14: The Renaissance
- 15: Later Developments
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674168763
- 0674168763
- 9780674168756
- 0674168755
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb01463 hdl
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