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Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia

Posted By: roxul
Date: 23 Feb 2023 18:22:09
Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia

Susan H. Brandt, "Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia "
English | ISBN: 0812253868 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 26 MB

In her eighteenth-century medical recipe manuscript, the Philadelphia healer Elizabeth Coates Paschall asserted her ingenuity and authority with the bold strokes of her pen. Paschall developed an extensive healing practice, consulted medical texts, and conducted experiments based on personal observations. As British North America’s premier city of medicine and science, Philadelphia offered Paschall a nurturing environment enriched by diverse healing cultures and the Quaker values of gender equality and women’s education. She participated in transatlantic medical and scientific networks with her friend, Benjamin Franklin. Paschall was not unique, however.



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