Women Healers: Portraits of Herbalists, Physicians, and Midwives

by Elisabeth Brooke

Overview

Drawing on primary sources for her revisionist history, the author highlights important contributions of women healers from ancient times to the present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892815487
Publisher:	Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Publication date:	10/01/1995
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

A professional herbalist and healer who carries on the tradition of women's medicine, Elisabeth Brooke devotes herself to the study, practice, and preservation of women's ancient mysteries. She is also the author of A Women's Book Of Shadows and A Women's Book Of Herbs.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Brooke's women healers are gentle and compassionate people, less concerned with the brilliance of developing technology than with the care of the patient."

Editorial Reviews

"Brooke's women healers are gentle and compassionate people, less concerned with the brilliance of developing technology than with the care of the patient."

The Daily Mail

"Brooke's women healers are gentle and compassionate people, less concerned with the brilliance of developing technology than with the care of the patient."

From the Publisher

Brooke's women healers are gentle and compassionate people, less concerned with the brilliance of developing technology than with the care of the patient...

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