The History of Medications for Women
Subtitle: Materia Medica Woman
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9781850700029
Subjects: Gynaecology & obstetrics; History of medicine; Pharmacology; Women's health services; Medical / Nursing; Gynecology And Obstetrics; Women; Medical; Pharmacy; Medical care; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Medical / History; Drug Therapy; History; Materia Medica
First sentence: At the beginning of 1994 I sat in the library of the College of Physicians, Dublin, and read Ireland's oldest text on midwifery, the Speculum Matricis, written by the Cork-based physician and accoucheur, James Wolveridge, and published in 1671.