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Hippocrates' Women: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece
Hippocrates' Women Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece
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Gynecology in ancient Greece originated in the myth of the first woman Pandora, whose beautiful appearance was seen to cover her dangerous insides. This book explores how Greek healers understood the interior workings of the female body, and how gynecology was based on ideas about women and their bodies found in myth and ritual. Helen King also ... more »
Author:
Gynecology in ancient Greece originated in the myth of the first woman Pandora, whose beautiful appearance was seen to cover her dangerous insides. This book explores how Greek healers understood the interior workings of the female body, and how gynecology was based on ideas about women and their bodies found in myth and ritual. Helen King also ... more »
ISBN-13: 9780415138949
ISBN-10: 0415138949
Publication Date: 11/10/1998
Pages: 322
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 0415138949
Publication Date: 11/10/1998
Pages: 322
Rating: ?
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Genres:
- History >> Ancient Civilizations >> Greece
- History >> Europe >> Greece >> General
- Nonfiction >> Social Sciences >> Sociology >> General
- Medicine >> Special Topics >> History
- Medicine >> Specialties >> Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Medical Books >> Medicine >> Surgery >> Obstetrics & Gynecology
