Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance

ISBN-10: 0674168763
ISBN-13: 9780674168763
Category: Abortifacients
Pages: 245
Language: English
Published: 1992
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Author: John M. Riddle

Description

This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages.