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The nature of their bodies : women and their doctors in Victorian Canada /

In 1864 a woman was admitted to the Toronto asylum and diagnosed as suffering from 'mania, ' a not uncommon diagnosis for women, a step beyond 'hysteria.' The cause cited by doctors for the patient's insanity was lactation. This was one of the scores of cases cited by Wendy...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mitchinson, Wendy (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1991.
Collection:desLibris. Books collection.
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