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

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

by Helen King

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The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine. While examining the origins of the compendium, Helen King here concentrates on its reception, looking at a range of different uses of the book in the history of medicine.

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