The History of Medications for Women: Materia Medica Woman Review
The History of Medications for Women: Materia Medica Woman Feature
The first work of its kind, this richly detailed book presents an illustrated history of medications for women in all the great cultures and civilizations, from ancient times to the present. It covers topics from the origin of the Rx symbol and the earliest uses of ergometrine, lettuce, and mummy medicine through the history of women's medications in ancient Assyria, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Byzantium, and in Arab obstetrics and gynecology. In addition to main sections organized by origin and time line, the book presents a unique compendium of hard-to-find information about women's medications in sections devoted to subjects such as anesthesia and analgesia, antiseptics, antibiotics and chemotherapy, blood transfusion and Rhesus disease, eclampsia, family planning, the menopause, and uterine stimulants. It also contains sections grouped by civilizations: China and India and the Americas.
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