The Goddess as Healer -- The Healing Church -- Education -- Persecution -- Midwives -- Public Health: Hospitals -- Remedies
Summary
In this history of women healers, Elisabeth Brooke explores their role from the early hospitals of medieval Europe to the battlefields of the Crimea, from the place of the Goddess Isis in Egyptian medical lore to the healing rituals of Mama Lola, a Voodoo priestess in New York City
