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Female healers and the boundaries of medical practice in post-plague England

Chamberland, Celeste1997

… the variety of services offered by midwives and female surgeons, and the images of women healers in literature and science. The conclusions of this study are based on a critical analysis of traditional notions of professionalization and constructs of health and sickness.

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Midwife, Young Maiden, and Physician: Image and Authority in Karen Cushman's Female Healers

Turnbow, Angela C.

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Traditional healing at Umlazi Township as part of informal business

Mthembu, Johnson Barabas1990

… of this study was to investigate how traditional healers operate at Umlazi township with special reference to their socio-economic status, systems of working and their problems and future plans. The study showed that there were more male healers than female healers at Umlazi. The ages of healers …

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Mujeres de mal vivir: Gender, religion, and the politics of power in colonial Guatemala, 1650-1750

Few, Martha Blair, 1964-The University of Arizona.1997

… accounts of the lives and practices of female healers, midwives, sorcerers, and clandestine cult leaders in the capital, Santiago de Guatemala. Colonial authorities often called these women mujeres de mal vivir, "women who live evil lives." Community members from all sectors of colonial …

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