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Author Comen, Elizabeth, author.

Title All in her head [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today / Elizabeth Comen.

Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
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Summary "In the spirit of Sid Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies, a medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around personal health, self-improvement, and the future of healthcare for everyone"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Skin (integumentary) : it's what's inside that counts -- Bones (skeletal) : skulls and whalebones -- Muscle (muscular) : who's the weakest of them all? -- Blood (circulatory) : matters of the heart -- Breath (respiratory) : perhaps women breathe different air -- Guts (digestive) : the price of going (and not going) with your gut -- Bladder (urinary) : a thousand years of holding it in -- Defense (immune) : self-sabotage -- Nerves (nervous) : the "bitches be crazy" school of medicine -- Hormones (Endocrine) : the hormone hangover -- Sex (reproductive) : the mother of all moral panics.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York HarperCollins 2024 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject Women's health services -- History
Women -- Health and hygiene -- History.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
Sexism in medicine.
Genre Electronic books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
Other Form: Online version: Comen, Elizabeth. All in her head First edition. New York, NY : Harper Collins Publishers, 2024 9780063293021 (DLC) 2023045472
ISBN 9780063293021 (electronic bk.)
Music No. B75F5864-E38F-404D-BE70-C94EE594BC1F OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
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