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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Tác giả chính: Mitchinson, Wendy (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press ©1991.
Loạt:desLibris. Books collection.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442681811
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  • 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
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  • Picture Credits
  • Index
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