Women healers : gender, authority, and medicine in early Philadelphia /

"Women Healers recovers Euro-American, Native American, and Black women's authoritative practices in the Philadelphia area during the long eighteenth century. Women developed healthcare authority and produced new scientific knowledge by participating in medical information networks, scienc...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Brandt, Susan Hanket (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Collection:Early American studies.
Sujets:
1700-1799
Women in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Women healers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Minorities in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Femmes en médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Guérisseuses > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Minorités en médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY / Women
Medicine.
Minorities in medicine.
Women healers.
Women in medicine.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Women Healers recovers Euro-American, Native American, and Black women's authoritative practices in the Philadelphia area during the long eighteenth century. Women developed healthcare authority and produced new scientific knowledge by participating in medical information networks, science education, health reform, and a consumer healthcare marketplace. Professional women physicians, pharmacists, and nurses built on this foundation"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0812298470
9780812298475

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