Medical authority and Englishwomen's herbal texts, 1550-1650 / Rebecca Laroche.
2009
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Title
Medical authority and Englishwomen's herbal texts, 1550-1650 / Rebecca Laroche.
Created/published
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Description
xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Associated name
Laroche, Rebecca, author.
Series
Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"This manlike worke of herbes" : gender and the English herbal
Inscriptions in herbal texts and the location of medical authority
Gentlewomen's herbal readings and the absent-present physicians
Isabella Whitney's herbs : print medical texts and London satire.
Inscriptions in herbal texts and the location of medical authority
Gentlewomen's herbal readings and the absent-present physicians
Isabella Whitney's herbs : print medical texts and London satire.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
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PR113 .L36 2009