The Science of Woman
Subtitle: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 27, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521447959
Subjects: Gynaecology & obstetrics; History of medicine; Gynecology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Gynecology & Obstetrics; History; Medical / History; Medical-Gynecology & Obstetrics; Medicine
First sentence: 'The doctrine of the nature and diseases of women': this is how J. Craig, geologist and compiler of the New Universal Etymological, Technological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, first explained the term 'gynaecology' in 1849.