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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Part One: Old Wives
One: Introduction
Two: From Goddess to Sorceress
Women healers in Assyria, Egypt, Greece and Rome
Three: From Sorceress to Witch
The old wife in medieval Europe and seventeenth-century England
Four: From Expert to Charlatan
The old wife and the medical profession in eighteenth-century England
Five: Alternatives for the Sick
The old wife and the sick poor in nineteenth- and twentieth-century England
Six: Conclusions
Perspectives on the medical profession and the old wife
Part Two: Tales
Seven: Introduction to Remedies
Eight: Remedies
Notes
Bibliography
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