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Title Women, gender and disease in eighteenth-century England and France / edited by Kathleen Hardesty Doig and Felicia Berger Sturzer.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 261 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 ...
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Subject Women in medicine -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Women in medicine.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Women in medicine -- France -- History -- 18th century.
France.
Medicine -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Medicine.
Medicine -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Doig, Kathleen Hardesty, 1946-
Sturzer, Felicia, 1946-
Other Form: Print version: Women, gender and disease in eighteenth-century England and France 9781443855518 (OCoLC)869434494
ISBN 9781443861212 (electronic book)
1443861219 (electronic book)
9781443855518
1443855510