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Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance
John M. Riddle
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Preface (page vii)
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1 Population and Sex (page 1)
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2 Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients (page 16)
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3 Soranus on Antifertility Agents (page 25)
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4 Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica (page 31)
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5 Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus (page 46)
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6 Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents (page 57)
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7 Egyptian Papyrus Sources (page 66)
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8 Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen (page 74)
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9 The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages (page 87)
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10 The MIddle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard (page 108)
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11 Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century (page 118)
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12 Islam, Arabic Medicine through the Twelfth Century (page 127)
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13 Knowledge of Birth Control in the West (page 135)
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14 The Renaissance (page 114)
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15 Later Developments (page 158)
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Abbreviations (page 169)
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Notes (page 171)
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Bibilography (page 211)
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Index (page 237)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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PDR | 20.1 (Mar. 1994): 221-224 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0098-7921%28199403%2920%3A1%3C221%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X |
AHR | 98.3 (Jun. 1993): 833 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199306%2998%3A3%3C833%3ACAAFTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R |
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Published: 1992
Publisher: Harvard University Press
- 9780674168763 (paper)
- 9780674168756 (hardcover)