Making Women’s Medicine Masculine: The Rise of Male Authority in Pre-Modern Gynaecology
By Monica H. Green (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) Making Women's Medicine Masculine challenges the common belief that prior to the eighteenth century men were never involved in any aspect of women's healthcare in Europe. Using sources ranging from the writings of the famous twelfth-century female practitioner, Trota of Salerno, all the way to the great tomes of … Continued
