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Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800
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Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400â1800
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Medieval Contribution
- 2 New Medical Regulations and their Impact on Female Healers
- 3 Early Modern Notions of Women: Contradictory Views on Women as Healers
- 4 Medical Treatises and Texts Written by Women and for Women
- 5 Female Midwives and the Medical Profession
- 6 The Healing Care of Nurses
- 7 The âIrregularâ Female Healer in Early Modern Europe: A Variety of Practitioners
- 8 Motherly Medicine: Domestic Healers and Apothecaries
- 9 The Wise-Woman as Healer: Popular Medicine, Witchcraft and Magic
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index