HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: New York Medical College, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dionne Quintuplets
11 Dec 2016
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The encyclical humanae vitae (1968) decreed that all forms of artificial contraception were immoral. Medicine as an institution of social control. The woman who thinks like a cow spokesperson for autism. Women know healing properties of plants, herbs, etc. Herbal medicines were significant during the late middle ages. Women healers however, became a target, and were cast as enemies of society. Witch hunts 14th 17th century europe. 50k 100k killed as witches: 85% women, but also men and children too. The crime of witches: sexual crime against men (accused of female sexuality!, organized into a secret society, having magical powers. All witchcraft comes from carnal lust which is insatiable - rev. Belladonna used to stop contractions (miscarriages) Digitalis from purple foxglove plant still used today for the heart. Ergot controlled doses of ergot used to induce abortions, also stop maternal bleeding after childbirth. ** - joy milne smells her husbands parkinsons, musky smell.
