The first work of its kind ever published, this is an incredibly richl y
detailed, far-ranging illustrated history of medications for women i n all the
great cultures and civilizations from ancient times to the p resent. By a
co-author of OFDowd and PhillippFs internationally acclai med The History of
Obstetrics and Gynecology (Parthenon Publishing, IS BN 1-85070-224-1), this is
the only book that ranges from the origin o f the Rx symbol and the earliest
uses of ergometrine, lettuce, and mum my medicine through the history of womenFs
medications in ancient Assy ria and Egypt, in Biblical times, in Greece and Rome
and Byzantium, in Arab