Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Men to Doctor (Classic Reprint)

Part One THE CONQUEST OF DEATH AT BIRTH I. Childbirth and Civilization 3T he care given the child-bearing woman; an index of civilization Medieval indifference to the suffering of women Baptism before birth Filthy ages of faith Conditions for the woman of today Leaders in the conquest of death The cultural lag Low position of women in the United States How primitive women bear their children Why they have few difficulties The detrimental influences of civilization -N ative confinements Customs of purification Labor believed a voluntary act on the childs part Rough assistance in difficult laborS aliva as a healing agent The rise of the midwives Early regulations to control midwives The obstetrical chair Innovation of using a bed for childbirth Indian obstetrical practices The medicine of the ancient Greeks Legends of y!sculapius Hygeia A celestial professor Restoring the population of Hades Treatment in the Temple of Esculapius Discrimination against childbearing women The oath of yE sculapius Hippocrates the Great Manifold duties of Greek midwives Infant exposure Abortion Systematized superstitions of the Romans The Greek physicians migrate toR ome They collect their fees Cato sprediction Pliny No laws against malpractice The Greek physicians misbehave themselves Royal intrigue Greek medicine develops in Rome Soranus The peak of ancient midwifery The opinion of Soranus on abortion. II. Sairey Gamps and theM idmen x5 Medicine declines and fanaticism rises The most unfortunate period in the history of womankind Woman pays for the fall of man A ban put upon abortion Ccsarean section advocated Crude surgeryS ex concepts and theology The supervision of midwives and prostitutes Sairey Gamps and vagabond surgeons Shepherds and herdsmen excluded from obstetrical cases A sign of advancing civilizationS anitary conditions in medieval cities Unpaved streets and pigpens
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