Author: L. Whaley

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0230295177

Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800.