Women's medical work in early modern France
By: Susan Broomhall.
Series: Gender in history
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Medicine -- France -- History -- 16th century.; Women in medicine -- France -- History -- 16th century.; Women -- history -- France.; History of Medicine, Early Modern -- France.; France -- Social conditions -- 16th century.
Description: "Women have long been crucial to the provision of medical services, both in the treatment of sickness and in maintaining health. In this study, Susan Broomhall situates the practices and perceptions of women's medical work in France in the context of the sixteenth century and its medical evolution and innovations. She argues that early modern understandings of medical practice and authority were highly flexible and subject to change. She furthermore examines how a focus on female practitioners, who cut across most sectors of early modern medical practice, can reveal the multifaceted phenomenon of these negotiations for authority."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Select bibliography": p. 261-280.
Includes bibliographical references and index.