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OverviewBeginning with the ancient goddesses and the importance of legends, myths, and symbols, this book celebrates women in medicine from Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece, and Rome to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the present. Trotula, Hildegard of Bingen, Wendy Savage, and Elizabeth, Countess of Kent are among the many unique healers finally recognized for their work. Documenting each woman's practices, achievements, and struggles, here at last is the definitive history of women's invaluable contribution to healing. Informed by the author's understanding of the politics of medicine and fused with her appreciation of the powers of myth versus those of technology, this new reissue of the 1993 classic is an invaluable resource. Originally published by The Women's Press in 1993 (9780704343245). Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elisabeth BrookePublisher: Aeon Books Ltd Imprint: Aeon Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781911597230ISBN 10: 191159723 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 30 April 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Healing in antiquity CHAPTER TWO Medicine in the early Middle Ages CHAPTER THREE Trotula of Salerno CHAPTER FOUR Hildegard of Bingen CHAPTER FIVE Women physicians in the late Middle Ages CHAPTER SIX The struggle to practise: women healers under threat CHAPTER SEVEN Women healers from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century CHAPTER EIGHT Women enter the profession: the struggles of nineteenth-century women doctors CHAPTER NINE Persecution through committee CHAPTER TEN Women shamans and conjurers CHAPTER ELEVEN Radical resistance—women of colour CHAPTER TWELVE Twentieth-century pioneers CHAPTER THIRTEEN Community medicine—pioneering projects CHAPTER FOURTEEN End of life care CONCLUSION NOTES RESOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEXReviewsAuthor InformationElisabeth Brooke qualified as a medical herbalist with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 1980 and trained as a psychosynthesis counselor at the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust in London. She also opened and ran a training clinic for herbal students in London and worked in private practice specializing in clients from the arts. At present she divides her time between Santo Domingo and London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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