Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia

by Susan H. Brandt

In her eighteenth-century medical recipe manuscript, the Philadelphia healer Elizabeth Coates Paschall asserted her ingenuity and authority with the bold strokes of her pen. Paschall developed an extensive healing practice, consulted medical texts, and conducted experiments based on personal observations. As British North America's premier city of medicine and science, Philadelphia offered Paschall a nurturing environment enriched by diverse healing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812253868
• ISBN13: 9780812253863
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"