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The Apothecary's Wife
Karen Bloom Gevirtz
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The running joke in Europe for centuries was that anyone in a hurry to die should call the doctor. As far back as ancient Greece, physicians were notorious for administering painful and often fatal treatments ? and charging for the privilege. For the most effective treatment, the ill and injured went to the women in their lives. This system lasted hundreds of years. It was gone in less than a century. Contrary to the familiar story, medication did not improve during the Scientific Revolution. Yet somehow, between 1650 and 1740, the domestic female and the physician switched places in the cultural consciousness: she became the ineffective, potentially dangerous quack, he the knowledgeable, trustworthy expert. The professionals normalized the idea of paying them for what people already got at home without charge, laying the foundation for Big Pharma and today?s global for-profit medication system.
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| Author | Karen Bloom Gevirtz |
| Publisher | Apollo Publishers |
| Language | English |
| Binding Type | Paper Back |
| Non Fiction | Health & Fitness |
| ISBN13 | 9781803286990 |
| SKU | BK 0204376 |
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