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woman physician in 1674 in England was called Medicatrix or doctor but by middle of 18th century this was an impossibility or a freak of nature. only 100 years went by and there were little to no female doctors.
Scientific revolution and chemical medication.
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Scientific revolution and chemical medication.
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Mary Trye - Medicatrix - latin phrase which roughly translates to Nature reinforced is the best treatment for all diseases. A practitioner. Not only a deceleration of principles which is bold enough, but also a confident assertion of a
self fashioned identity.
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self fashioned identity.
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Viper wine was popular cure - soaking and killing live vipers in wine and then letting people drink it.
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Elizabeth Blackwell’s A curious herbal glorified the scientific approach to medication, promoted its connection with physicians and apothecaries and denigrated women as meditators.
After the black plague apothecaries started giving remedy advice and advising, not just selling the herbs.
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After the black plague apothecaries started giving remedy advice and advising, not just selling the herbs.
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domestic medicine garden female space; professional physic garden male space
scientific revolution
Kenelms and Venetia Digby married - he was a professional physic and she a domestic female that has receipes for medicine making. 1740
By 1740 medicine had been disentangled from food and associated with men
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scientific revolution
Kenelms and Venetia Digby married - he was a professional physic and she a domestic female that has receipes for medicine making. 1740
By 1740 medicine had been disentangled from food and associated with men
