Women may have been practising medicine and surgery alongside men as early as
the 5th century BC. But the healing profession entered a dark age of inequality
with the Renaissance, and they were excluded. Restoring the Balance is
Ellen More’s tale of how women fought their way back into the profession,
starting with certain feisty pioneers in 19th-century America. Published by
Harvard University Press, $49.95, ISBN 067476661X.
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