Conceiving bodies: reproduction in early medieval english medicine
Auteur :
Oswald, Dana
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526176882
Date de publication :
28 mai 2024
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
418 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Old English remedies for women’s reproductive ailments gesture to contemporary notions of bodily autonomy. Close examination of the remedies for menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, stillbirth, and abortion reveal distinctions among them, where previously they were understood reductively as women’s medicine. -- .