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Hippocrates' Woman

By Helen King

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Hippocrates' Woman

By Helen King

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Gynecology in ancient Greece originated in the myth of the first woman Pandora, whose beautiful appearance was seen to cover her dangerous insides. This book explores how Greek healers understood the interior workings of the female body, and how gynecology was based on ideas about women and their bodies found in myth and ritual. Helen King also presents a detailed account of how doctors twisted ancient Greek texts into ways of controlling women's behavior, and how later medicine diagnosed hysteria and recommended clitoridectomy by claiming ancient Greek origins which never existed. "Hippocrates' Woman" provides a provocative insight into the origins of gynecology and the influence of the early study and medical texts on later medical practices.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
344
Release Date:
1998-10-29
Publication Date:
1998-10-29
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415138949
ISBN13:
9780415138949
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
681 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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