472 Pages
by
CRC Press
472 Pages
219 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
472 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The first work of its kind, The History of Medications for Women: Materia medica woman is a richly detailed, far-ranging illustrated history of medications for women in all the great cultures and civilizations, from ancient times to the present. Compiled by an acclaimed author of medical history literature, this is the only book that extends from the earliest uses of ergometrine, lettuce, and... Read more
Introduction. ORIGINS: The Prescription. Ergot. Lettuce. Mummy Medicine. CHRONOLOGY: Assyria. Egypt. Biblical Times. Greece and Rome. Byzantium. The Arab Influence. The Late Middle Ages. The Sixteenth Century. The Seventeenth Century. The Eighteenth Century. The Nineteenth Century. The Twentieth Century. SPECIAL SUBJECTS: Anesthesia and Analgesia and the Curse of Eve. Antiseptics, Antibiotics and Chemotherapy. Blood Transfusion and Rhesus Disease. Eclampsia. Family Planning. The Menopause. Uterine Stimulants. CIVILIZATIONS: The Orient. The Americas. APPENDICES: Therapeutical Classification of Remedies. Abbreviations Commonly Used in Prescriptions. Sources of Illustrations. Index.
Biography
O'Dowd\, M.J.
