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Women healers : gender, authority, and medicine in early Philadelphia /

"Women Healers recovers Euro-American, Native American, and Black women's authoritative practices in the Philadelphia area during the long eighteenth century. Women developed healthcare authority and produced new scientific knowledge by participating in medical information networks, scienc...

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Main Author: Brandt, Susan Hanket, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Series:Early American studies
Subjects and Genres:
1700-1799
Women in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Women healers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Minorities in medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Medical care > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Medical personnel.
Women.
Indians.
African Americans.
White people.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Health Personnel
Traditional Medicine Practitioners
Women
American Indian or Alaska Native.
Black or African American
White
History, 18th Century
Femmes en médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Guérisseuses > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Minorités en médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Médecine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Soins médicaux > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Personnel médical.
Femmes.
Peuples autochtones.
Noirs américains.
Personnes blanches.
Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
women (female humans)
African American.
Medical care
Medicine
Minorities in medicine
Women healers
Women in medicine
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1.
  • Healing legacies
  • Chapter 2.
  • Medical networks
  • Chapter 3.
  • Healing borderlands
  • Chapter 4.
  • The authority of science
  • Chapter 5.
  • Medical entrepreneurship
  • Chapter 6.
  • Marketing health
  • Chapter 7.
  • The fevered racial politics of healing
  • Chapter 8.
  • Navigating new challenges
  • Epilogue. A well-trodden path
  • Glossary.

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