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Body failure : medical views of women, 1900-1950 Cover Image Book Book

Body failure : medical views of women, 1900-1950 / Wendy Mitchinson.

Mitchinson, Wendy, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781442614314 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781442646261 (bound)
  • ISBN: 1442646268 (bound)
  • ISBN: 1442614315 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 414 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (299-404) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Woman's Place -- Growing Up and Facing Puberty -- "You can't be at your best when you're sitting in a swamp": Menstruation -- Understanding Sexuality -- Advice on Marriage and Motherhood -- "On the fringe of knowledge": Infertility -- Controlling Fertility: Birth Control and Abortion -- "The mischievous tendency of specialism": Gynaecology -- The Womanly Body: A Cancer Threat -- The Mind's Health -- Menopause: The End of Womanhood.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library RA 564.85 M58 2013 (Text) 26040003016561 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

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