
MEDICINE WOMEN
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Quest, Wheaton, IL., 1997, 1st/1st thus. ISBN 0-8356-0751-8. Large soft cover, 127 pages including Chronology and Index. Very good; light edge and cover wear; tight binding; French flaps. Interior clean and unmarked; colour and black & white illustrations. ‘In this fascinating history of women healers, Elisabeth Brooke explores their role from the early hospitals of medieval Europe to the battlefields of the Crimea, from the place of the Goddess Isis in Egyptian medical lore to the healing rituals of Mama Lola, a Voodoo priestess in New York City.’ (from rear wrap)