Eve’s Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the WestHarvard University Press, 15 abr 1999 - 352 páginas In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John M. Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women from ancient Egyptian times to the fifteenth century had relied on an extensive pharmacopoeia of herbal abortifacients and contraceptives to regulate fertility. In Eve’s Herbs, Riddle explores a new question: If women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge lost to them in modern times? |
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A Womans Secret | 10 |
The Herbs Known to the Ancients | 35 |
Ancient and Medieval Beliefs | 64 |
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Eve’s Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West John M. Riddle Vista previa restringida - 1997 |
Eve’s Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West John M. Riddle Vista previa restringida - 1999 |
Eve’s Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West John M. Riddle Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |