Introduction to Special Issue: Infertility and Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern England
Rider, Catherine; Oren-Magidor, D
Date: 6 April 2016
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Journal
Social History of Medicine
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Oxford University Press (OUP) for Society for the Social History of Medicine
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Abstract
Although the history of pregnancy and childbirth have been studied extensively in
recent decades, infertility has received less historical attention, especially for the pre-modern period.
This collection makes steps towards filling this gap. The introduction offers some insights on the significance
of the history of infertility to ...
Although the history of pregnancy and childbirth have been studied extensively in
recent decades, infertility has received less historical attention, especially for the pre-modern period.
This collection makes steps towards filling this gap. The introduction offers some insights on the significance
of the history of infertility to scholarship on gender relations and the construction of gendered
identities, midwifery and reproductive medicine, and the history of the family. It further
offers some context and background to the history of infertility by briefly surveying how premodern
medicine explained fertility problems and sought to treat them, and the social dimensions of infertility
in this period. In addition, it highlights key themes in the articles to follow.
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Collections of Former Colleges
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