The Woman beneath the Skin: A Doctor’s Patients in Eighteenth-Century Germany
Barbara Duden analyzes a German doctor’s eighteenth-century patient records to show how women’s bodies were understood and treated in that era.
About This Book
This book examines the medical practices and perceptions of women’s health in eighteenth-century Germany.
It draws on the case notes of a physician to reveal how patients described their own bodies and ailments.
The study highlights the differences between contemporary and modern understandings of illness and anatomy.
Readers gain insight into the social and cultural context shaping medical knowledge of the period.
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