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Offering history of hysteria, and based on medical writings and images, this volume is so designed that each letter introduces an episode from the annals of medical lore. It tracks down female malady, disproving the theory that time heals all wombs.

The quintessential examination of women, gynaecology is not simply the study of women's bodies, but also serves to define them. This book considers the public exposure of female 'privates' in the performance of the pelvic examination. It focuses on the ways in which women and their bodies have been treated by the medical establishment.