Women and medicine
Subtitle: remedy books, 1533-1865, from the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, London
By: Sara Pennell, editor
Contributors: Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine; Primary Source Microfilm (Firm)
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm; Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Conn; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Traditional Medicine; Cooking; History, Early Modern 1451-1600; History, Modern 1601-; Medicine; Sources; Formulae, receipts, prescriptions; Women in medicine; Traditional medicine; European Cooking; History
Other titles: Remedy books, 1533-1865
Description: "Contains over 260 manuscript receipt books, each of which was a highly valued, inherited piece which handed down wisdom and tradition from mother to daughter, and each of which is an important source for historians of medicine and diet, gender, familial and social relations, and knowledge formation. As well as remedies for medical ailments, the manuscripts contain cookery and other household recipes, and in some cases even veterinary advice"--Publisher's foreword.
Notes: Title from guide.

Guide contains an introduction to the collection and a listing of contents.

Includes bibliographical references.