Following in his footsteps, later Greek physicians blamed female illness on "wandering womb.” The author suggests that Hippocrates’ ideas aligned with the prevailing view that women existed solely for the purposes of childbearing/rearing.
Hippocrates believed that the uterus controlled women's health. Throughout this illuminating and disturbing survey, Cleghorn argues convincingly that this is because medicine is a patriarchal science. Medical science is notorious for misunderstanding the ailments of female bodies. A feminist historian and cultural critic explores how age-old myths about gender roles and behaviors have shaped the history of medicine.
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