Name: The Apothecary's Wife
Brand: Microcosm Publishing
Price: 28.95 USD

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This delves into the history of medicine and the role of women in shaping the future. This traces the history of medicine from ancient Greece, where physicians were known for administering painful and fatal treatments, charging for the privilege. However, medication did not improve during the Scientific Revolution, and between 1650 and 1740, the domestic female and the physician switched places in cultural consciousness. This normalized the idea of paying for what people already had at home without charge, laying the foundation for Big Pharma and today's global for-profit medication system. This challenges myths about the triumph of science and explores domestic medicine's values in response to modern health crises, such as the eradication of smallpox.

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