LEADER 03417cam a22005778i 4500001 99125378774706421 005 20240718134100.0 008 201125t20212021nyu e b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2020053644 019 1252720351 020 9780593182956 |q(hardcover) 020 0593182952 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9780593182963 |q(ebook) 035 |n(MLS)2955285 035 (OCoLC)on1197720859 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dTOH |dOI6 |dJAS |dVP@ |dOQX |dILC |dJQM |dIAX |dOCLCO 042 pcc 050 00 RA564.85 |b.C54 2021 082 00 613/.04244 |223 096 WA 309.1 100 1 Cleghorn, Elinor, |eauthor. 245 10 Unwell women : |bmisdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world / |cElinor Cleghorn. 263 2106 264 1 [New York] : |bDutton, |c[2021] 264 4 |c©2021 300 386 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-370) and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Ancient Greece - Nineteenth Century. Wandering wombs ; Possessed and polluting ; Under her skin ; On her nerves ; Feeling pain ; Contagious pleasures ; Bleeding mad ; Rest and resistance -- Late Nineteenth Century - 1940s. Suffrage and suppression ; Birth control ; Feminine radiance ; Lifting the curse ; Dutiful and disciplined ; Control and punish -- 1945 - Present. Public health, private pain ; Mothers' little helpers ; Our bodies, our selves ; Autoimmune -- Conclusion: Believe us. 520 "A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"-- |cProvided by publisher. 520 Cleghorn was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. She turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. Here she traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. In exploring the relationship between women, illness, and medicine, she shows how being unwell has become normalized in society and culture, and that women have long been distrusted as reliable narrators of their own bodies and pain. -- adapted from jacket 650 0 Women |xHealth and hygiene. 650 0 Women |xHealth and hygiene |xHistory. 650 0 Women patients. 650 0 Diagnostic errors. 650 2 Women's Health |xhistory. 650 2 Diagnostic Errors. 650 7 MEDICAL / Public Health. |2bisacsh 650 7 Diagnostic errors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00892353 650 7 Women |xHealth and hygiene. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01176758 650 7 Women patients. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01178264 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:Cleghorn, Elinor, |tUnwell women |dNew York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. |z9780593182963 |w(DLC) 2020053645 852 |bdixn 910 |d67542 |gMIDWEST 914 (OCoLC)on1197720859 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20240717 |eprocessed |f1197720859 980 |hB1202mon |i28.00 |j27.68 |n2955285 982 |bFY21 |n2021 |q32101112798341 986 |hRA564.85 |i.C54 2021