midwifery obstetrics hippocrates gynaecology

books:

Your Doodles and What They Mean to You, 1957 Edition
Helen King

Ace Books, 1956

Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World)
Helen King

Ashgate Pub Co, 2007

The Gynaeciorum libri, the 'Books on [the diseases of] women,' a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine. This collection was first published in 1566, with a second edition in 1586/8 and a third, running to 1097 folio pages, in 1597. While examining the origins of the compendium, Helen King here concentrates on its reception, looking ...

Private Client, Wills Trusts and Estate Planning
Helen Cousal, Lesley King

The College of Law, 2009

Greek and Roman Medicine (Classical World Series) (Classical World Series)
Helen King

Duckworth Publishers, 2001

This introduction to ancient medical systems asks how the experience of illness and the role of medicine were understood in the Greek and Roman worlds. Although topics such as the development of anatomical knowledge are covered, the book focuses on the place of medicine within changing types of society. Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface 1. The origins of Greek medicine 2. Hippocratic medicine 3. The ...

Hippocrates' Woman: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece

1 review
Helen King

Routledge, 1998

well researched but a chore to read
Helen King presents us with a vast array of evidence about women and medicine and the use of the body in the ancient Greek world. However, she moves beyond the title of her piece and that is when the book loses focus and becomes difficult to follow. This is not a book for the layperson regardless of this, it requires a basic understanding of at least ancient Greek society and better yet some ...

Hysteria Beyond Freud
Sander L. Gilman, Helen King, ...

University of California Press, 1993

"She's hysterical." For centuries, the term "hysteria" has been used by physicians and laymen alike to diagnose and dismiss the extreme emotionality and mysterious physical disorders presumed to bedevil others--especially women. How has this medical concept assumed its power? What cultural purposes does it serve? Why do different centuries and different circumstances produce different kinds of hysteria? These are among the questions pursued in ...

Health in Antiquity

Taylor & Francis, 2007

Is health the absence of disease, or a more positive state of happiness and well-being? How healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health? Answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars, and archaeologists. Using a multi-disciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the ...

Co-ordinated Science: Student Support Material Year 11 (Co-ordinated science)
Tony Gray, Helen Hasling, ...

Collins Educational, 2004

Offering full support and coverage of the new OCR Double Award GCSE Science (1977) Specification. Collins Student Support Materials provides essential revision practice by targeting specific objectives comprehensively. This book contains: * Summaries for each of the Pupil Book modules * Detailed mind maps for every chapter * Complete exam practice through a series of tests * Updated material giving full coverage of the new Specification

Disease of Virgins

Taylor & Francis, 2007

When does a young girl's behaviour become a disease? In sixteenth-century Europe, the disease of virgins, or green sickness, was seen as a common disorder affecting young unmarried girls. Its symptoms included weakness, dietary disturbance, lack of menstruation and most significantly, a change in skin colour. Understanding of the condition turned puberty and virginity into medical problems, and proposed to cure them by bloodletting, diet, ...