
Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance
Harvard University Press
$43.67
This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages.
- | Author: John M. Riddle
- | Publisher: Harvard University Press
- | Publication Date: January 01, 1994
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0674168763
- | ISBN-13: 9780674168763
- Author:
- John M. Riddle
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:
- January 01, 1994
- Number of pages:
- 256 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0674168763
- ISBN-13:
- 9780674168763