The healer's calling : women and medicine in early New England. Rebecca J. Tannenbaum

• Auteur: Tannenbaum, Rebecca Jo
• Sujets: Femmes en médecine -- Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis) -- 17e siècle;
  Femmes en médecine -- Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis) -- 18e siècle;
  Nouvelle Angleterre -- histoire;
  Women in medicine -- History -- New England -- 17th century;
  Women in medicine -- History -- New England -- 18th century;
  New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Description: Bibliogr. p. 153-172. Index
  Pt. I. Community Calling the healers : early modern medicine and colonial practitioners Called to the bedside : medicine in the household Calling the women : medical networks and women's communities A higher calling : high-ranking women and the uses of healing Pt. II. Authority Called to court : women healers as witnesses and authorities Calling the doctoress : commercial practice Epilogue : the changing context of the healer's calling
  
• Éditeur: Ithaca, N.Y. London : Cornell University Press, 2002
  
• Date de publication: 2002
  
• Format: XVIII-179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Langue: Anglais