The Science of Woman

Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800 1929

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Paperback | 20 September 1993

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Is women's destiny rooted in their biology? Since the end of the eighteenth century the science of gynecology has legitimized the view that women are "naturally" fitted for activities in the private sphere of the family. This book argues that the definition of femininity as propounded by gynecological science is a cultural product of a wider, more political context. Providing a unique account of gynecology in practice, it shifts the historical focus from the use to the production of ideas about "women's nature." Dr. Moscucci traces the origins of gynecology to the emergence of a predictable "science of man" in the late eighteenth century and charts the ideological, professional and institutional development of the subject up to the foundation of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1929. Case-studies of Victorian gynecological practice at two London hospitals illustrate the changing pattern of institutional gynecology, affording valuable insight into the relationship between gynecologists and patients. The book also stresses the equal importance of class and gender ideology in shaping medical views about women's diseases and their treatment.

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'Moscucci has highlighted some critical debates concerning women's bodies and medical practice. She ... draws on a wide range of material and disciplines to give a focused and coherent argument which provides a stimulating and valuable discussion for anyone interested in gender, the history of medicine and cultural attitudes.' Gender and History '[This] temperate but powerful study is a model instance of the successful integration of medical and women's history.' Roy Porter, Medical History 'The Science of Woman deserves to be read by anyone interested in the history of professionalization and the emergence of specialisms as well as of sexuality and gender.' Michael Bevan, Social History of Medicine

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Non-Fiction Medicine Medicine in General History of Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine Gynaecology & Obstetrics

Introduction
The Problem of Femininity
WomanG++s sexuality and population concerns
WomanG++s place in nature
Nature and the environment
A theory of femininity
Physiology and social roles
Men-Midwives and Medicine The Origins of a Profession
Midwives and accoucheurs
The G++obstetric revolutionG++ and eighteenth-century medical politics
The nineteenth century: obstetrics, gynaecology and general practice
Educated accoucheurs
The Rise of the WomenG++s Hospitals
Hospitals, specialists and nineteenth-century medicine
The first womenG++s hospital
A moral institution
The Chelsea Hospital for Women
Woman and her diseases
The pathology of femininity
Surgical analysis
Penetrating private parts: the G++speculum questionG++
Precept and practice
The G++UnsexingG++ of Women
Early controversies
A question of values
Pathological pregnancies
The triumph of ovariotomy
The Imlach affair
From the British Gynaecological Society to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The G++handcuffed obstetricianG++
The Meadows incident
A British gynaecological society
A college of obstetricians and gynaecologists
Restructuring the profession
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
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Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800 1929

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