History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Nurse Practitioner, Scott Storch, Crimean War

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

In 1957/8, 8. 5% of first year meds were female. Women have not been allowed to practice medicine for the most of medical history. Only 5. 3% of nurses in canada were male (2003: agnodice, disguised as a man in 4th c bce, symbol of midwifery. Sense that the male is the model for medical practice. They noticed and allowed her to continue: trotula di ruggeiro (dame trot), a physician and midwife who taught at. We do not have writings of her, we do not really read her works, she did not really do anything significant but it is important to note that there is a woman practicing. James miranda barry (d. 1865) was the first female physician to practice in. Shes is not canadian, but was still the first to practice in canada, she was disguised as a man, hence the name. First to have done a c section in britain.