Hippocrates' Woman: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece

by Helen King

Book Overview

Hippocrates' Woman presents an arresting study of the origins of gynaecology, an exploration of how the interior workings of the female body were understood and the influence of Hippocrates' theories on the gynaecology of subsequent ages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415138957
• ISBN13: 9780415138956
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"