Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance:
"John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century with forays into Victorian England--a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians." "Riddle's thesis is, quite simply, that the ancient worl...
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1992
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| Zusammenfassung: | "John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century with forays into Victorian England--a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians." "Riddle's thesis is, quite simply, that the ancient world did indeed possess effective (and safe) contraceptives and abortifacients. The author maintains that this rich body of knowledge about fertility control--widely held in the ancient world--was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages, becoming nearly extinct by the early modern period. The reasons for this, he suggests, stemmed from changes in the organization of medicine. As university medical training became increasingly important, physicians' ties with folk traditions were broken. The study of birth control methods was just not part of the curriculum." "In an especially telling passage, Riddle reveals how Renaissance humanists were ill equipped to provide accurate translations of ancient texts concerning abortifacients due to their limited experience with women's ailments. Much of the knowledge about contraception belonged to an oral culture--a distinctively female-centered culture. From ancient times until the seventeenth century women held a monopoly on birthing and the treatment of related matters information passed from midwife to mother, from mother to daughter. Riddle reflects on the difficulty of finding traces of oral culture and the fact that the little existing evidence is drawn from male writers who knew that culture only from a distance. Nevertheless, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, the author pieces together the clues and evaluates the scientific merit of these ancient remedies in language that is easily understood by the general reader. His findings will be useful to anyone interested in learning whether it was possible for premodern people to regulate their reproduction without resorting to the extremities of dangerous surgical abortions, the killing of infants, or the denial of biological urges."--BOOK JACKET |
| Beschreibung: | X, 245 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0674168755 |
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| spelling | Riddle, John M. Verfasser aut Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance John M. Riddle Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard Univ. Press 1992 X, 245 S. Ill. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "John Riddle uncovers the obscure history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the seventeenth century with forays into Victorian England--a topic that until now has evaded the pens of able historians." "Riddle's thesis is, quite simply, that the ancient world did indeed possess effective (and safe) contraceptives and abortifacients. The author maintains that this rich body of knowledge about fertility control--widely held in the ancient world--was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages, becoming nearly extinct by the early modern period. The reasons for this, he suggests, stemmed from changes in the organization of medicine. As university medical training became increasingly important, physicians' ties with folk traditions were broken. The study of birth control methods was just not part of the curriculum." "In an especially telling passage, Riddle reveals how Renaissance humanists were ill equipped to provide accurate translations of ancient texts concerning abortifacients due to their limited experience with women's ailments. Much of the knowledge about contraception belonged to an oral culture--a distinctively female-centered culture. From ancient times until the seventeenth century women held a monopoly on birthing and the treatment of related matters information passed from midwife to mother, from mother to daughter. Riddle reflects on the difficulty of finding traces of oral culture and the fact that the little existing evidence is drawn from male writers who knew that culture only from a distance. Nevertheless, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, the author pieces together the clues and evaluates the scientific merit of these ancient remedies in language that is easily understood by the general reader. His findings will be useful to anyone interested in learning whether it was possible for premodern people to regulate their reproduction without resorting to the extremities of dangerous surgical abortions, the killing of infants, or the denial of biological urges."--BOOK JACKET Geschichte Anfänge-1700 gnd rswk-swf Abortifs - Histoire ram Abortus provocatus gtt Anticonceptie gtt Contraceptifs oraux - Histoire ram Contraception - Histoire ram Geschichte Médecine ancienne ram Médecine médiévale ram Abortifacient Agents history Contraception History Contraception history Contraceptives, Oral history History, Ancient History, Medieval Medicine, Ancient Medicine, Medieval Mifepristone History Oral contraceptives History Schwangerschaftsabbruch (DE-588)4053732-8 gnd rswk-swf Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd rswk-swf Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 gnd rswk-swf Abortivum (DE-588)4141082-8 gnd rswk-swf Mittelalter (DE-588)4129108-6 gnd rswk-swf Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 gnd rswk-swf Abtreibung (DE-2581)TH000005834 gbd Empfängnisverhütung (DE-2581)TH000005919 gbd Medizin der Antike (DE-2581)TH000007627 gbd Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 s Geschichte Anfänge-1700 z DE-604 Abortivum (DE-588)4141082-8 s Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 s Mittelalter (DE-588)4129108-6 s Schwangerschaftsabbruch (DE-588)4053732-8 s Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 s |
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| title | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance |
| title_auth | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance |
| title_exact_search | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance |
| title_full | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance John M. Riddle |
| title_fullStr | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance John M. Riddle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance John M. Riddle |
| title_short | Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance |
| title_sort | contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the renaissance |
| topic | Abortifs - Histoire ram Abortus provocatus gtt Anticonceptie gtt Contraceptifs oraux - Histoire ram Contraception - Histoire ram Geschichte Médecine ancienne ram Médecine médiévale ram Abortifacient Agents history Contraception History Contraception history Contraceptives, Oral history History, Ancient History, Medieval Medicine, Ancient Medicine, Medieval Mifepristone History Oral contraceptives History Schwangerschaftsabbruch (DE-588)4053732-8 gnd Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd Recht (DE-588)4048737-4 gnd Abortivum (DE-588)4141082-8 gnd Mittelalter (DE-588)4129108-6 gnd Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | Abortifs - Histoire Abortus provocatus Anticonceptie Contraceptifs oraux - Histoire Contraception - Histoire Geschichte Médecine ancienne Médecine médiévale Abortifacient Agents history Contraception History Contraception history Contraceptives, Oral history History, Ancient History, Medieval Medicine, Ancient Medicine, Medieval Mifepristone History Oral contraceptives History Schwangerschaftsabbruch Antike Recht Abortivum Mittelalter Empfängnisverhütung |
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