Women In Medicine In The Long Nineteenth Century Volume Iii: Global Experiences | History

This volume explores medical women as a global phenomenon during the long nineteenth century. The volume considers firstly how especially British medical women travelled internationally to treat patients who for reasons of religious cultural or social beliefs were reluctant to seek treatment from male doctors. In this instance missionary zeal was balanced with concern for women’s health and welfare. Secondly the volume includes texts written by those who qualified as medical women and practised either in their national context or those educated abroad who then returned home to pursue their careers. The latter makes more widely available works by women of colour including for example the African American woman doctor Rebecca Lee Crumpler and Indian female medical practitioner Rukhmabai. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary this title will be of great interest to students of Women's History and the History of Medicine. |Women in Medicine in the Long Nineteenth Century Volume III: Global Experiences | History