Sign of pathology : U.S. medical rhetoric on abortion, 1800s-1960s / Nathan Stormer.

By:

Stormer, Nathan, 1966- [Author]

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9780271066882

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Electronic Books.

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HQ767 .S546 2015

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Contents:

When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siècle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity.

Subject: "Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : struggling through life -- When abortion became a political-economic problem -- Remembering, forgetting, and the secrets of life -- "White man's plague" : anti-Malthusian memory work at the fin de siècle -- "More wisdom in living" : neo-Malthusian memory work at midcentury -- "The lesser of threatened evils" : therapeutic amnesias -- Conclusion : seeking immunity.

"Examines the medical discourse on abortion in the United States from the 1800s to the 1960s. Demonstrates that abortion was seen as a sign of social pathology indicating undoing of civilization"--Provided by publisher.

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