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Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance / John M. Riddle. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)1994.Edition: first Harvard University Press paperback editionDescription: x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674168763
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RG137.R543.C668 1994
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Contents:
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.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction RG137.5.R53 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001466941

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.

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