Napoleon and the woman question : discourses of the other sex in French education, medicine, and medical law 1799-1815 / June K. Burton ; foreword by Susan P. Conner.

"Examination of predominantly primary sources focuses on discourses of women and women's issues in light of the prevailing view of the relationship between the physical and the moral in feminine bodies and minds. Burton discusses France's first national system of midwifery education, women's medicin...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Fashioning the eighteenth century.
Main Author: Burton, June K.
Language:English
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:Fashioning the eighteenth century.
Subjects:
Women > Health and hygiene > France > History > 19th century.
Medicine > France > History > 19th century.
Medical jurisprudence > France > History > 19th century.
Women's Health > history.
History of Medicine.
History, 19th Century.
Jurisprudence.
France.
Physical Description:xxx, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"Examination of predominantly primary sources focuses on discourses of women and women's issues in light of the prevailing view of the relationship between the physical and the moral in feminine bodies and minds. Burton discusses France's first national system of midwifery education, women's medicine and surgery, and medical law"--Provided by publisher.
Call Number:RA564.85 .B87 2007
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-277) and index.
ISBN:9780896725591 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0896725596 (hardcover : alk. paper)