The first book to utilize women's own writings about miscarriage to explore the individual understandings of pregnancy loss and the multiple social and medical forces that helped to shape those perceptions. What emerges from Shannon Withycombe's work is unlike most medicalization narratives.
The first book to utilize women's own writings about miscarriage to explore the individual understandings of pregnancy loss and the multiple social and medical forces that helped to shape those perceptions. What emerges from Shannon Withycombe's work is unlike most medicalization narratives.
Introduction 1 1. Oh Joy, Oh Rapture: Describing the Nineteenth-Century Miscarriage 13 2. Enveloped in Mystery: Pregnancy and Miscarriage in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 42 3. Before Its Due Time: Setting Standards in Miscarriage, 1830–1860s 59 4. Dr. Taylor Went Up in the Uterus: Miscarriage Treatment and Intrusive Interventions, 1860–1900 93 5. The Body in the Clot: Medical Interest in Miscarried Tissues, 1870–1912 125 Conclusion 162 Acknowledgments 173 Notes 177 Index
Introduction 1 1. Oh Joy, Oh Rapture: Describing the Nineteenth-Century Miscarriage 13 2. Enveloped in Mystery: Pregnancy and Miscarriage in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 42 3. Before Its Due Time: Setting Standards in Miscarriage, 1830–1860s 59 4. Dr. Taylor Went Up in the Uterus: Miscarriage Treatment and Intrusive Interventions, 1860–1900 93 5. The Body in the Clot: Medical Interest in Miscarried Tissues, 1870–1912 125 Conclusion 162 Acknowledgments 173 Notes 177 Index
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