Body failure : medical views of women, 1900-1950 / Wendy Mitchinson.
ISBN:
9781442665279
Title:
Body failure : medical views of women, 1900-1950 / Wendy Mitchinson.
Author:
Mitchinson, Wendy, author.
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (456 pages)
Contents:
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Woman�s Place""; ""2 Growing Up and Facing Puberty""; ""3 “You can�t be at your best when you�re sitting in a swamp�: Menstruation""; ""4 Understanding Sexuality""; ""5 Advice on Marriage and Motherhood""; ""6 “On the fringe of knowledge�: Infertility""; ""7 Controlling Fertility: Birth Control and Abortion""; ""8 “The ... mischievous tendency of specialism�: Gynaecology""; ""9 The Womanly Body: A Cancer Threat""; ""10 The Mind�s Health""; ""11 Menopause: The End of Womanhood""
""Conclusion""""Notes on Sources and Methodology""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Illustrations""
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Toronto, ON :
University of Toronto Press,
2013.