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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3542156.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""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."".
- catalog description "1. Population and Sex -- 2. Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients -- 3. Soranus on Antifertility Agents -- 4. Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica -- 5. Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus -- 6. Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents -- 7. Egyptian Papyrus Sources -- 8. Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen -- 9. The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages -- 10. The Middle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard -- 11. Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century -- 12. Islam, Arabic Medicine, and the Late Middle Ages -- 13. Knowledge of Birth Control in the West -- 14. The Renaissance -- 15. Later Developments.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-235) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 245 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance.".
- catalog identifier "0674168755".
- catalog isFormatOf "Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance.".
- catalog subject "613.9/4/0901 20".
- catalog subject "Abortifacient Agents History.".
- catalog subject "Abortifacients History.".
- catalog subject "Abortion, Induced history.".
- catalog subject "Contraception History.".
- catalog subject "Contraception history.".
- catalog subject "Contraceptives, Oral history.".
- catalog subject "History, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "History, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Medieval.".
- catalog subject "Mifepristone History.".
- catalog subject "Oral contraceptives History.".
- catalog subject "RG137.5 .R53 1992".
- catalog subject "WP 630 R543c 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Population and Sex -- 2. Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients -- 3. Soranus on Antifertility Agents -- 4. Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica -- 5. Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus -- 6. Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents -- 7. Egyptian Papyrus Sources -- 8. Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen -- 9. The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages -- 10. The Middle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard -- 11. Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century -- 12. Islam, Arabic Medicine, and the Late Middle Ages -- 13. Knowledge of Birth Control in the West -- 14. The Renaissance -- 15. Later Developments.".
- catalog title "Contraception and abortion from the ancient world to the Renaissance / John M. Riddle.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".