Contribution to Book
Medicine
Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present
Document Type
Book Chapter
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
Since ancient times, the theory and practice of medicine have been influenced by assumptions, generalizations, and myths about the differences between men and women. Across cultures and many centuries, folk medicine promoted superstitions about gender, such as a popular belief that the female body was connected to the lunar cycle.
Copyright Owner
ABC CLIO
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Amy Bix. "Medicine" Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present (2008) p. 135 - 140 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy_bix/38/
This is a chapter from Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present, Sue Rosser, ed. (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2008): 135-140. Posted with permission