num_pages: 570
description: The first work of its kind ever published, this is an incredibly richl y detailed, far-ranging illustrated history of medications for women i n all the great cultures and civilizations from ancient times to the p resent. By a co-author of OFDowd and PhillippFs internationally acclai med The History of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Parthenon Publishing, IS BN 1-85070-224-1), this is the only book that ranges from the origin o f the Rx symbol and the earliest uses of ergometrine, lettuce, and mum my medicine through the history of womenFs medications in ancient Assy ria and Egypt, in Biblical times, in Greece and Rome and Byzantium, in Arab obstetrics and gynecology, in the late Middle Ages, into the 16t h through 20th centuries.
language: English
title: The History of Medications for Women: Materia Medica Woman
titlecomplete: The History of Medications for Women: Materia Medica Woman
ratings_count: 2
publisher: CRC Press