- Description
- 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "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, science education, health reform, and a consumer healthcare marketplace. Professional women physicians, pharmacists, and nurses built on this foundation"--
- Series Statement
- Early American studies
- Uniform Title
- Women healers (Online)
- Early American studies.
- Alternative Title
- Women healers (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-282) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2021039334
- OCLC
- ssj0002550253
- Author
Brandt, Susan Hanket.
- Title
Women healers [electronic resource] : gender, authority, and medicine in early Philadelphia / Susan H. Brandt.
- Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
- Series
Early American studies
Early American studies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-282) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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