The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany

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The Woman Beneath the Skin: A Doctor's Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany

DUDEN, Barbara; DUNLAP, Thomas (trans.)

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Duden delves into the records of an eighteenth-century German physician who meticulously documented the medical histories of eighteen hundred women of all ages. Her research uncovers an unparalleled record of complaints, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments, as well ass a deeply alien understanding of the female body and its functions.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: n/a
  • Date Published: 1991
  • Place Published: Cambridge, Mass.
  • ISBN: 0674954033

Details

  • Condition: Good +
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: Yes
  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Details:
    viii, 241 p. 24 cm. Lavender cloth in dustjacket. Jacket spine faded, some small tears to edges, soiling. Book has light spotting to top edge and fore-edge.

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