Trudna sztuka babienia : kultura medyczna polski drugiej połowy XVIII wieku

Abstract

The present dissertation was devoted to the role of women in the development and shaping of the medical culture in Poland the second half of the eighteenth century. The basis of the considerations presented in it became issued during this period medication guides. The work consists of six chapters. The first part includes a reflection carried out during the reign of Stanislaw August Poniatowski measures to improve the sanitary - health of the country and increase in the level of medical care. Attention was drawn to the character of the implemented solutions, we sought to identify and discuss their causes and consequences. An important element was also an attempt to describe the perception of concepts of health and disease. In the further course of deliberations was a woman, and the exact position which occupied in the Polish society the second half of the eighteenth century. The core of the trial are an analysis of the literature usable moving about health, illness and healing arts. An important point is the characterization of the various guides and an attempt to organize the medical literature entirely dedicated to pregnancy and perinatal care. After the presentation of the classification guides present another part of the art of take care of women, paying attention to biologicaland cultural factors determining the perception of the phenomena of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. The whole chapter closes approximates presented in the handbooks of medical silhouette women - obstetricians, midwives and wet nurses.