1992, ISBN: 0674168755

[EAN: 9780674168756], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Cambridge, London: Harvard University Press], Jacket, X, 245 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, lan… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780674168756], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: Cambridge, London: Harvard University Press], Jacket, X, 245 p.: Ill. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben und mit Randläsuren, besonders am Buchrücken, Buchrücken außerdem ausgeblichen, Kopfschnitt fleckig, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Vorsatz / dust jacket rubbed and with edgewear, especially at spine, spine also faded, top edge stained, pencil annotation on endpaper. - John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of con- traception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth Century with forays into Victorian England —a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians. Riddles thesis is, quite simply that the ancient world did indeed possess effective (and safe) con- traceptives and abortifacients The author maintains that this rich body of knowledge about fertility control — widely held in the ancient world — was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages, becoming nearly extinct by the early modern period The reasons for this, he suggests, stemmed from changes in the Organization of medicine As uni- versity medical training became increasingly important, physicians' ties with folk traditions were broken The study of birth control methods was just not part of the curriculum. In an especially telling passage, Riddle reveals how Renaissance humanists were ill equipped to provide accurate translations of ancient texts con- cerning abortifacients due to their limited experi- ence with women's ailments. Much of the knowledge about contraception belonged to an oral culture— a distinctively female-centered culture From ancient times until the seventeenth Century women held a monopoly on birthing and the treatment of related matters, Information passed from midwife to mother, from mother to daughter Riddle reflects on the difficulty of finding traces of oral culture and the fact that the little existing evidence is drawn from male writers who knew that culture only from a distance Nevertheless, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, the author pieces together the clues and evaluates the scientific merit of these ancient remedies in language that is easily under- stood by the general reader His hndings will be useful to anyone interested in learning whether it was possible for premodern people to regulate their reproduction without resorting to the extremities of dangerous surgical abortions, the killing of infants, or the denial of biological urges / CONTENTS Preface 1 Population and Sex 2 Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients 3 Soranus on Antifertility Agents 4 Terminology in Dioscorides’ De materia medica 5 Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus 6 Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents 7 Egyptian Papyrus Sources 8 Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen 9 The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages 10 The Middle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard 11 Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century 12 Islam, Arabic Medicine, and the Late Middle Ages 13 Knowledge of Birth Control in the West 14 The Renaissance 15 Later Developments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780674168756 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 495, Books<

1992, ISBN: 9780674168756

X, 245 p.: Ill. Cloth with dustjacket. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / Fro… Mehr…

X, 245 p.: Ill. Cloth with dustjacket. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Schutzumschlag berieben und mit Randläsuren, besonders am Buchrücken, Buchrücken außerdem ausgeblichen, Kopfschnitt fleckig, Bleistiftanmerkung auf Vorsatz / dust jacket rubbed and with edgewear, especially at spine, spine also faded, top edge stained, pencil annotation on endpaper. - John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of con- traception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth Century with forays into Victorian England a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians. Riddles thesis is, quite simply that the ancient world did indeed possess effective (and safe) con- traceptives and abortifacients The author maintains that this rich body of knowledge about fertility control widely held in the ancient world was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages, becoming nearly extinct by the early modern period The reasons for this, he suggests, stemmed from changes in the Organization of medicine As uni- versity medical training became increasingly important, physicians' ties with folk traditions were broken The study of birth control methods was just not part of the curriculum. In an especially telling passage, Riddle reveals how Renaissance humanists were ill equipped to provide accurate translations of ancient texts con- cerning abortifacients due to their limited experi- ence with women's ailments. Much of the knowledge about contraception belonged to an oral culture a distinctively female-centered culture From ancient times until the seventeenth Century women held a monopoly on birthing and the treatment of related matters, Information passed from midwife to mother, from mother to daughter Riddle reflects on the difficulty of finding traces of oral culture and the fact that the little existing evidence is drawn from male writers who knew that culture only from a distance Nevertheless, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, the author pieces together the clues and evaluates the scientific merit of these ancient remedies in language that is easily under- stood by the general reader His hndings will be useful to anyone interested in learning whether it was possible for premodern people to regulate their reproduction without resorting to the extremities of dangerous surgical abortions, the killing of infants, or the denial of biological urges / CONTENTS Preface 1 Population and Sex 2 Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients 3 Soranus on Antifertility Agents 4 Terminology in Dioscorides De materia medica 5 Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus 6 Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents 7 Egyptian Papyrus Sources 8 Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen 9 The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages 10 The Middle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard 11 Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century 12 Islam, Arabic Medicine, and the Late Middle Ages 13 Knowledge of Birth Control in the West 14 The Renaissance 15 Later Developments Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index. ISBN 9780674168756 Versand D: 4,50 EUR , [PU:Cambridge, London: Harvard University Press,]<