Out of the Dead House: Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians and the Writing of Medicine

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Out of the Dead House OUT OF THE DEAD HOUSE Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians and the Writing of Medicine Susan Wells THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS The University of Wisconsin Press 2537 Daniels Street Madison, Wisconsin 53718 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England Copyright 䉷 2001 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved 1 3 5 4 2 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wells, Susan. Out of the dead house : nineteenth-century women physicians and the writing of medicine / Susan Wells. 324 pp. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-17170-1 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-299-17174-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Women physicians—United States. 2. Preston, Ann, 1813–1872. 3. Jacobi, Mary Putnam, 1842–1906. 4. Longshore, Hannah, 1819–1901. 5. Women in medicine—United States—History—19th century. I. Title. R692 .W45 2001 610⬘.82⬘097309034—dc21 00-010614 for Laura Rose Grady and Constance Claire Grady Darling, stand still at your door, sure of yourself, a white stone, a good stone— as exceptional as laughter, you will strike fire, that new thing! Anne Sexton ...