Fancy a drop of ‘viper wine’? It might cure you – or kill you Karen Bloom Gevirtz’s fascinating history of medicine, The Apothecary’s Wife, shines a light on the forgotten stories of female physicians

My review of Karen Bloom Gevirtz's great new book on early modern medicine, commerce, and gender.

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Fantastic! I'm spending today trying to flesh out a PhD section on the same rough echelon in the 16th century - I'll be sure to check this out