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Unwell women : misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world

text Unwell women : misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world

Summary

"A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"--

Contents
Introduction -- Ancient Greece - Nineteenth Century. Wandering wombs ; Possessed and polluting ; Under her skin ; On her nerves ; Feeling pain ; Contagious pleasures ; Bleeding mad ; Rest and resistance -- Late Nineteenth Century - 1940s. Suffrage... Read more
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386 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 613 CLE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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