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All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today  Cover Image Book Book

All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today / Elizabeth Comen.

Comen, Elizabeth, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063293014
  • ISBN: 0063293013
  • Physical Description: 320 p. ;
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Skin (integumentary) : it's what's inside that counts -- Bones (skeletal) : skulls and whalebones -- Muscle (muscular) : who's the weakest of them all? -- Blood (circulatory) : matters of the heart -- Breath (respiratory) : perhaps women breathe different air -- Guts (digestive) : the price of going (and not going) with your gut -- Bladder (urinary) : a thousand years of holding it in -- Defense (immune) : self-sabotage -- Nerves (nervous) : the "bitches be crazy" school of medicine -- Hormones (Endocrine) : the hormone hangover -- Sex (reproductive) : the mother of all moral panics.
Summary, etc.:
"In the spirit of Sid Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies, a medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around personal health, self-improvement, and the future of healthcare for everyone"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject: Women's health services > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects.
Sexism in medicine.

Available copies

  • 7 of 12 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Hall Memorial Library - Ellington.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington 362.1082 COMEN (Text) 34037150823161 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 12/20/2024


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