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A History of Women in Medicine from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

A History of Women in Medicine from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century The average man will not want to read as much about the history of women in medicine as is here provided; namely, some 500 pages. In her various chapters the author takes us from medical women in ancient times down through the middle ages and through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The book is immense in its detail and must have required many hours of research. She gives the story of early medical practitioners among women in the United States and even the stories of those two famous charlatans Mrs. Mapp and Jane Stevens. Through an excellent index the book enables any one interested in any aspect of the work of women in the field of medicine to find here the data that he will require. The author writes in a forthright manner without much embroidery, so that the book is not easy to read, but it is unquestionably the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

A History of Women in Medicine from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

JAMA , Volume 113 (22) – Nov 25, 1939

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1939 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1939.02800470064040
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Abstract

The average man will not want to read as much about the history of women in medicine as is here provided; namely, some 500 pages. In her various chapters the author takes us from medical women in ancient times down through the middle ages and through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The book is immense in its detail and must have required many hours of research. She gives the story of early medical practitioners among women in the United States and even the stories of those two famous charlatans Mrs. Mapp and Jane Stevens. Through an excellent index the book enables any one interested in any aspect of the work of women in the field of medicine to find here the data that he will require. The author writes in a forthright manner without much embroidery, so that the book is not easy to read, but it is unquestionably the

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 25, 1939

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