Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance /
Riddle, John M,
Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance / [print] John M. Riddle. - first Harvard University Press paperback edition. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)1994. - x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Population and sex -- Evidence for oral contraceptives and abortifacients -- Soranus on antifertility agents -- Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica -- Early stage abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus -- Ancient society and birth control agents -- Egyptian papyrus sources -- Greek and Roman medicine from Hippocrates to Galen -- The late Roman empire and early Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages : the church, Macer, and Hildegard -- Salerno and medicine through the twelfth century -- Islam, Arabic medicine, and the late Middle Ages -- Knowledge of birth control in the West -- The Renaissance -- Later developments.
9780674168763
Contraception--History.
Oral contraceptives--History.
Mifepristone--History.
Medicine, Ancient.
Medicine, Medieval.
RG137.R543.C668 1994
Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance / [print] John M. Riddle. - first Harvard University Press paperback edition. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)1994. - x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Population and sex -- Evidence for oral contraceptives and abortifacients -- Soranus on antifertility agents -- Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica -- Early stage abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus -- Ancient society and birth control agents -- Egyptian papyrus sources -- Greek and Roman medicine from Hippocrates to Galen -- The late Roman empire and early Middle Ages -- The Middle Ages : the church, Macer, and Hildegard -- Salerno and medicine through the twelfth century -- Islam, Arabic medicine, and the late Middle Ages -- Knowledge of birth control in the West -- The Renaissance -- Later developments.
9780674168763
Contraception--History.
Oral contraceptives--History.
Mifepristone--History.
Medicine, Ancient.
Medicine, Medieval.
RG137.R543.C668 1994