Title
Campus Units
History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2008
Journal or Book Title
Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present
First Page
135
Last Page
140
Abstract
Since ancient times, the theory and practice of medicine have been influenced by assumptions, generalizations, and myths about the differences between men and women. Across cultures and many centuries, folk medicine promoted superstitions about gender, such as a popular belief that the female body was connected to the lunar cycle.
Copyright Owner
ABC CLIO
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bix, Amy, "Medicine" (2008). History Publications. 94.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/history_pubs/94
Comments
This is a chapter from Women, Science, and Myth: Gender Beliefs from Antiquity to the Present, Sue Rosser, ed. (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2008): 135-140. Posted with permission