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Gender and Medicine in Ireland: 1700-1950 (Irish Studies)
Margaret H. Preston
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Description for Gender and Medicine in Ireland: 1700-1950 (Irish Studies)
Paperback. Editor(s): Preston, Margaret; Hogartaigh, Margaret O. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
The essays in this collection examine the intersections between gender, medicine, and conventional economic, political, and social histories in Ireland between 1700 and 1950. Gathering many of the top voices in Irish studies and the history of medicine, the editors cover a range of topics including midwifery, mental health, alcoholism, and infant mortality.
Composed of thirteen chapters, the volume includes James Kelly’s original analyses of eighteenth-century dental practice and midwifery, placing the Irish experience in an international context. Greta Jones, in an exploration of a disease that affected thousands in Ireland, explains the reasons for higher tuberculosis mortality ... Read more
The essays in this collection examine the intersections between gender, medicine, and conventional economic, political, and social histories in Ireland between 1700 and 1950. Gathering many of the top voices in Irish studies and the history of medicine, the editors cover a range of topics including midwifery, mental health, alcoholism, and infant mortality.
Composed of thirteen chapters, the volume includes James Kelly’s original analyses of eighteenth-century dental practice and midwifery, placing the Irish experience in an international context. Greta Jones, in an exploration of a disease that affected thousands in Ireland, explains the reasons for higher tuberculosis mortality ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815632719
SKU
V9780815632719
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About Margaret H. Preston
Margaret Preston is associate professor in the Department of History at Augustana College in South Dakota, USA. She is the author of Charitable Words: Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in Nineteeth-Century Dublin, and A Journey of Faith, a Destination of Excellence: Avera McKennan Hospital's First Century of Caring. Margaret O hOgartaigh teaches at Harvard University, USA. She ... Read more
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