The Healer's Calling : Women and Medicine in Early New England /

This book, the first to describe women medical practitioners other than midwives in the colonial period, emphasizes that medical care was part of every woman's work. The Healer's Calling uses memorable anecdotes, engaging characters, and medical oddities to tell the fascinating story of th...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tannenbaum, Rebecca J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1600-1799
Women in medicine > New England > History > 17th century.
Women in medicine > New England > History > 18th century.
Medicine > History.
Physicians, Women > history
History of Nursing
Midwifery > history
History of Medicine
Femmes en médecine > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Femmes en médecine > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire.
history of medicine.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Medicine.
Women in medicine.
Laienmedizin
Heilerin
Medizinische Versorgung
Frau
Geschichte 1650-1800.
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England.
New England
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Neuengland
History.
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