Deirdre Cooper Owens: 1 book
Medical Bondage
Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Nathan Bozeman are well documented. It is also no secret that these nineteenth-century gynecologists performed experimental caesarean sections, ovariotomies, and obstetric fistula repairs primarily on poor...
