The science of woman : gynaecology and gender in England, 1800-1929 /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Moscucci, Ornella |
|---|---|
| Imprint: | Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. |
| Description: | x, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge history of medicine |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1023529 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The Problem of Femininity
- 1. WomanG++s sexuality and population concerns
- 2. WomanG++s place in nature
- 3. Nature and the environment
- 4. A theory of femininity
- 5. Physiology and social roles
- Part II. Men-Midwives and Medicine The Origins of a Profession
- 6. Midwives and accoucheurs
- 7. The G++obstetric revolutionG++ and eighteenth-century medical politics
- 8. The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
- 9. Educated accoucheurs
- Part III. The Rise of the WomenG++s Hospitals
- 10. Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
- 11. The first womenG++s hospital
- 12. A moral institution
- 13. The Chelsea Hospital for Women
- Part IV. Woman and her diseases
- 14. The pathology of femininity
- 15. Surgical analysis
- 16. Penetrating private parts: the G++speculum questionG++
- 17. Precept and practice
- Part V. The G++UnsexingG++ of Women
- 18. Early controversies
- 19. A question of values
- 20. Pathological pregnancies
- 21. The triumph of ovariotomy
- 22. The Imlach affair
- Part VI. From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
- 23. The G++handcuffed obstetricianG++
- 24. The Meadows incident
- 25. A British gynaecological society
- 26. A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
- 27. Restructuring the profession
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
