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Gender and Medicine in Ireland: 1700-1950
Margaret H. Preston and Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh
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The essays in this collection examine the intersections between gender, medicine, and conventional economic, political, and social histories in Ireland between 1700 and 1950. Gathering many of the top voices in Irish studies and the history of medicine, the editors cover a range of topics including midwifery, mental health, alcoholism, and infant mortality. Composed of thirteen chapters, the volume includes James Kelly's original analyses of eighteenth-century dental practice and midwifery, placing the Irish experience in an international context. Greta Jones, in an exploration of a disease that affected thousands in Ireland, explains the reasons for higher tuberculosis mortality among women. Several essays call attention to the attempted containment of disease, exploring the role of asylums and the gendered attitudes toward insanity and reform. Contributors highlight the often neglected impact of nurses and midwives, occupations traditionally dominated by women. Presenting a social history of Irish medicine, the disparate essays are united by several common themes: the inherent danger of life in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland, the specific brutality of women's lives at the time, and the heroics of several enlightened figures.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Acknowledgments
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Contributors
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Introduction
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Chapter 1. “I Was Right Glad to Be Rid of It”
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Chapter 2. Women and Tuberculosis in Ireland
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Chapter 3. Infant and Child Mortality in Dublin a Century Ago
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Chapter 4. Cure or Custody
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Chapter 5. Gender and Criminal Lunacy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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Chapter 6. Between Habitual Drunkards and Alcoholics
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Chapter 7. Managing Midwifery in Dublin
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Chapter 8. Lady Dudley’s District Nursing Scheme and the Congested Districts Board, 1903–1923
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Chapter 9. “The Wages of Sin Is Death”
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Chapter 10. “Sickness,” Gender, and National Health Insurance in Ireland, 1920s to 1940s
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Chapter 11. “A Perpetual Nightmare”
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Chapter 12. “A Probable Source of Infection”
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Chapter 13. Prophylactics and Prejudice
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Notes
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Select Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2012
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- 978-0-8156-5196-3 (ebook)
- 978-0-8156-3271-9 (paper)