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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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press
©1991.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442681811 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One: The Victorian World: Doctors, Science and 'Woman'
- Chapter Two: The Frailty of Woman
- Chapter Three: Three Mysteries: Puberty, Menstruation, and Menopause
- Chapter Four: Sexuality in Women
- Chapter Five: A Modern Issue Emerges: Birth Control
- Chapter Six: The Emergence of Medical Obstetrics
- Chapter Seven: Changing Obstetric Care
- Chapter Eight: The Rise of Gynaecology
- Chapter Nine: Gynaecological Surgery
- Chapter Ten: Women and Mental Health
- Chapter Eleven: Insane Women: Their Symptoms and TreatmentConclusion
- Note on Sources and Methodology
- Notes
- Medical Glossary
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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- N
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- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- Picture Credits
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y