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Author Shorter, Edward.

Title Women's bodies : a social history of women's encounter with health, ill-health, and medicine / Edward Shorter ; with a new introduction by the author.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, 1991.
1982.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.4209 S559W    Check Shelf
Description xv, 398 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Men, women and sex -- The architecture of the body -- Traditional births: women take charge -- A typical birth then -- Pain and death in childbirth -- Infection after delivery -- The rise of the birth experience -- Abortion -- Did women live longer than men? If not, why not? -- Diseases of sexual significance -- Changing alliances and the end of victimization.
Note Originally published: A history of women's bodies. New York : Basic Books, c1982.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [318]-385) and index.
Subject Obstetrics -- History.
Childbirth -- History.
Women -- Physiology -- History.
Sex customs -- History.
Added Title History of women's bodies
ISBN 0887388485
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