INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
3. CONTENTS XI
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I. SOME FAMOUS WOMEN HEALERS IN LITERATURE 5
6. II. THE LAYMAN'S MEDICINE 18
7. III. LAY WOMEN HEALERS 37
8. IV. ACADEMIC MEDICINE 62
9. V. WOMEN PRACTITIONERS 82
10. VI. MEDIEVAL MIDWIVES 100
11. VII. MEDIEVAL NURSES 114
12. CONCLUSION 135
13. APPENDICES 139
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 155
15. INDEX 173