Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-century America

Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-century America
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 349
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ISBN-10 : 9780807832837
ISBN-13 : 0807832839
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Download or read book Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-century America written by Carla Jean Bittel and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, as Americans debated the "woman question," a battle over the meaning of biology arose in the medical profession. Some medical men claimed that women were naturally weak, that education would make them physically ill, and th


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