Writings on Medicine

Printed Writings 1641–1700: Series II, Part One, Volume 4

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Writings on Medicine by Lisa Forman Cody, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lisa Forman Cody ISBN: 9781351870733
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Lisa Forman Cody
ISBN: 9781351870733
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The four works in this volume are the only known exclusively medical texts written by women during the Restoration. Their importance is denoted by their dramatic challenge to the generalisations once made about medical practice and female healers in this period. Jane Sharp's The Midwives Book was the first and only midwifery manual to be printed in English before 1700, and continued to be influential into the early eighteenth century. The principal focus of Elizabeth Cellier's To Dr.--- (1688) is the attempt to legitimate the notion of a female corporation of midwives through historical precedent. To Dr.--- was in fact borne out of a previously unpublished effort, 'A Scheme for the Foundation of a Royal Hospital', sent to James II in 1687. In the document, Cellier outlined a specific scheme for training female midwives and supporting poor, pregnant women and abandoned children. Mary Trye began practising 'chymical physic' at her father's side in London in 1663. Her only known work, Medicatrix, was published in 1675. Trye claimed female medical authorship to be unique, in that women observed nature truly and administered genuine medical solutions to the sick. The writings of Sharp, Cellier and Trye have helped to overturn historians' assumptions about a woman's role in medicine and healing. These texts reveal their female authors to be as learned in the humanities and sciences as they were in medical matters.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The four works in this volume are the only known exclusively medical texts written by women during the Restoration. Their importance is denoted by their dramatic challenge to the generalisations once made about medical practice and female healers in this period. Jane Sharp's The Midwives Book was the first and only midwifery manual to be printed in English before 1700, and continued to be influential into the early eighteenth century. The principal focus of Elizabeth Cellier's To Dr.--- (1688) is the attempt to legitimate the notion of a female corporation of midwives through historical precedent. To Dr.--- was in fact borne out of a previously unpublished effort, 'A Scheme for the Foundation of a Royal Hospital', sent to James II in 1687. In the document, Cellier outlined a specific scheme for training female midwives and supporting poor, pregnant women and abandoned children. Mary Trye began practising 'chymical physic' at her father's side in London in 1663. Her only known work, Medicatrix, was published in 1675. Trye claimed female medical authorship to be unique, in that women observed nature truly and administered genuine medical solutions to the sick. The writings of Sharp, Cellier and Trye have helped to overturn historians' assumptions about a woman's role in medicine and healing. These texts reveal their female authors to be as learned in the humanities and sciences as they were in medical matters.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book The Routledge Companion to Network Industries by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book A Well-Lived Life by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Boys and Their Schooling by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Nepotism in Organizations by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book English 5-11 by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Kant, Kantianism, and Idealism by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Audition Success by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Feminism and the Power of Law by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Understanding Minority Ethnic Achievement by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Religious Diaspora in Early Modern Europe by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Efficiency and Management by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book The Economics of a Declining Population by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Australians in Shanghai by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book European Contexts for English Republicanism by Lisa Forman Cody
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook of Human Trafficking by Lisa Forman Cody
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy