The History of Medications for Women : Materia Medica Woman

The first work of its kind, The History of Medications for Women: Materia medica woman is a richly detailed, far-ranging illustrated history of medications for women in all the great cultures and civilizations, from ancient times to the present. Compiled by an acclaimed author of medical history literature, this is the only book that extends from the earliest uses of ergometrine, lettuce, and mummy medicine, through the history of women's medications in ancient Assyria and Egypt, and into the 16th through 20th centuries. With the main sections organized by origin and timeline, the book contains lists of medications used by women from earliest times to the present accompanied by historically-based text. The author includes botanical, chemical, pharmacalogical, and therapeutic details where appropriate, as well as extensive quotations from both contemporary and old, rare books. The text is complemented with the history of obstetrics and gynecology, along with short biographies and illustrations. Additionally, the author presents a unique fund of hard-to-find information in sections devoted to topics such as anesthesia and analgesia, antiseptics, antibiotics and chemotherapy, blood transfusion and Rhesus disease, eclampsia, family planning, menopause, and uterine stimulants. Interesting and thought-provoking, The History of Medications for Women will not only provide an enjoyable read, but will allow you to appreciate the past and look at the future with a new perspective. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Dedication......Page 14 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Section 1......Page 18 Research: Problems and solutions......Page 20 Presentation......Page 21 Highlights of materia medica woman......Page 22 Conclusion......Page 23 Section 2 — Origins......Page 26 The origin of the Rx symbol......Page 28 References......Page 31 Introduction......Page 32 Introduction of ergot into official medicine......Page 34 References......Page 37 Historical uses of lettuce......Page 40 References......Page 41 Wolveridge’s mummy medicine......Page 44 Mummies as medicine......Page 45 References......Page 48 Section 3 — Chronology......Page 50 The archeological story......Page 52 The basis of the Assyrian medical system......Page 53 The Assyrian herbal......Page 54 Materia medica in ancient Assyria......Page 64 References......Page 65 The ancient healers......Page 66 Ancient Egyptian treatments......Page 67 Fertility and childbirth......Page 68 The medical papyri......Page 70 Examples of women’s materia medica in ancient Egypt......Page 75 Glossary of ancient Egyptian fertility deities......Page 77 References......Page 78 History of the Bible......Page 80 Botany of the Bible......Page 81 Obstetrics and gynecology in the Bible......Page 82 A selection of biblical materia medica for women......Page 87 References......Page 91 Mythology and Greco-Roman medicine......Page 94 Medicine in the early classical period......Page 96 The Greco-Roman period......Page 99 Medications for women......Page 103 Examples from Soranus’ materia medica......Page 108 References......Page 111 Oribasius of Pergamum......Page 114 Aetius of Amida......Page 115 Paul of Aegina......Page 116 A selection of Byzantine materia medica for women......Page 118 Medications for women prescribed by Aetius of Amida......Page 122 References......Page 124 Arabian obstetrics and gynecology......Page 126 Rhazes......Page 127 Avicenna or Ibn Sina......Page 128 Albucasis......Page 129 Arab medicine in the early twentieth century......Page 130 A selection of Arabian materia medica for women......Page 131 Arabian drugs and their uses recorded in Francis Adams’ Paul of Aegina......Page 136 References......Page 137 Introduction......Page 140 John of Arderne’s De Arte Phisicali et de Cirurgia......Page 142 A Leech Book or Collection of Recipes......Page 143 Medieval Woman’s Guide to Health......Page 147 A selection of medieval materia medica for women......Page 150 References......Page 156 Introduction......Page 158 Der Schwangern Frauen und Hebammen Rosengarten......Page 159 The Byrth of Mankynde......Page 162 De Conceptu et Generatione Hominis or The Expert Midwife......Page 169 Walter Cary’s A Boke of the Properties of Herbes......Page 173 William Turner’s Herbal......Page 174 Turner’s A Booke of the Natures and Properties... of the Bathes......Page 176 Gerard’s Herball......Page 177 Paracelsus: A change of direction......Page 178 A selection of materia medica from the sixteenth century......Page 179 The Byrth of Mankynde materia medica......Page 183 References......Page 185 Culpeper’s Directory for Midwives......Page 186 Culpeper’s Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or the London Dispensatorie......Page 193 Culpeper’s A Key to Galen’s Method of Physick......Page 195 Culpeper’s The English Physician Enlarged......Page 196 Nicholas Culpeper: A biography......Page 198 James Wolveridge’s Speculum Matricis: or The Expert Midwives Handmaid......Page 199 François Mauriceau and The Diseases of Women with Child......Page 201 A selection of seventeenth century materia medica......Page 205 References......Page 209 Obstetrics, gynecology and materia medica in the eighteenth century......Page 212 Fielding Ould’s A Treatise of Midwifery......Page 214 Fielding Ould (1710–1789): A biography......Page 218 Carl Linnaeus’ Materia Medica......Page 220 Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778): A biography......Page 221 William Smellie’s Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery......Page 222 William Smellie (1697–1763): A biography......Page 226 A selection of eighteenth century materia medica......Page 228 References......Page 231 Introduction......Page 234 Samuel Bard’s A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery......Page 235 Samuel Bard (1742–1821): A biography......Page 239 The Pseudo-Aristotle series......Page 240 Henry MacNaughton Jones and Uterine Therapeutics......Page 241 Sidney Ringer’s Handbook ofTherapeutics......Page 243 A selection of nineteenth century materia medica......Page 244 References......Page 253 Obstetrics and gynecology in the early twentieth century......Page 256 Twentieth century advances in obstetrics and gynecology......Page 258 A selection of twentieth century materia medica — Individual drugs......Page 260 A selection of twentieth century materia medica — Drug groups......Page 267 A selection of twentieth century materia medica — Drugs in pregnancy......Page 283 Epilogue......Page 284 References......Page 285 Section 4 — Special Subjects......Page 290 Introduction......Page 292 Midwifery in the pre-anesthetic days of the early 1800s......Page 294 Controversies — medical and moral......Page 296 Comparison between anesthesia and no anesthesia in labor in the nineteenth century......Page 299 Twilight sleep......Page 300 Sedatives......Page 303 Local and conduction analgesia......Page 305 Biographies......Page 307 References......Page 310 Childbed or puerperal fever......Page 314 Tuberculosis......Page 320 Venereal disease and its treatment......Page 321 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)......Page 322 Antisepsis......Page 324 Chemotherapy......Page 325 Antibiotics......Page 326 A selection of antimicrobial agents......Page 329 Biographies......Page 330 References......Page 332 Mythology......Page 334 The early days......Page 335 Blood pressure......Page 337 Methods of transfusion......Page 338 Blood groups......Page 339 Blood transfusion in obstetrics......Page 340 Congenital hemolytic disease — rhesus disease......Page 342 References......Page 345 Introduction......Page 348 Older treatments......Page 349 Modern Treatments......Page 352 References......Page 357 Introduction......Page 360 Contraception through the ages......Page 361 The ‘birth control’ movement......Page 364 Marie Stopes’ Contraception......Page 366 The legal ‘position’ of contraception in Britain, France and America......Page 369 Hormonal contraception......Page 371 Other forms of contraception......Page 373 References......Page 374 The menopause and life expectancy......Page 376 Menopause through the ages......Page 377 A selection of treatments to induce menstruation......Page 383 The twentieth century......Page 384 Sex organ therapy, old and new......Page 386 Other landmarks in hormonal therapy......Page 387 Medical, nonhormonal treatment......Page 389 Complementary medicine......Page 390 Epilogue......Page 392 References......Page 393 Uterine stimulants for labor......Page 396 Oxytocin......Page 397 Sparteine......Page 398 Prostaglandins......Page 399 Biographies......Page 401 References......Page 402 Section 5 — Civilizations......Page 404 China......Page 406 Early medical development......Page 410 A selection of Chinese materia medica......Page 414 India......Page 418 The Indian materia medica......Page 421 A selection of Indian materia medica......Page 422 References......Page 424 The native North Americans......Page 426 European discovery of the Americas......Page 427 Colonial medicine......Page 429 The nineteenth century......Page 431 The twentieth century......Page 432 Selected American Indian medicines......Page 435 References......Page 437 Section 6 — Appendices......Page 440 Therapeutical Classification of Remedies......Page 442 Abbreviations Commonly Used in Prescriptions......Page 446 Sources of Illustrations......Page 454 Index......Page 456 The first work of its kind, this book presents an illustrated history of medications for women in all the major cultures and civilizations, from ancient times to the present. Compiled by an acclaimed author of medical history literature, tt covers topics from the origin of the Rx symbol and the earliest uses of ergometrine, mummy medicine throug An illustrated history of medications for women in all the great cultures and civilizations from ancient times to the end of the 20th century. It ranges from the origin of the Rx symbol and the earliest uses of ergometrine, lettuce and mummy medicine to chemotherapy and family planning.