Hot Flushes, Cold Science

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•9U?LsAe&, CMSeienc* is witty, erudite and demystifying. At last the female climacteric is presented not as a full stop, merely a pause for refLection.'irma kurtz
'There are many books which make me proud to be a man and the scion of a long Line of physicians. This - engaging, fluent, witty and passionate - is not one of them. On behalf of my sex and on behalf of doctors, I apologize.'Michael bywater
For over two thousand years, attitudes to the menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This meticulousLy researched and entertaining book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in cLassical texts, to the medicai literature of the i8th century, to up-to-the-minute contemporary clinical approaches. Its progression from naturai phenomenon to full-blown pathological condition from the 1700s led to bizarre treatments and often dangerous surgery, and formalized a misogyny which lingers in the treatment of menopausal women today.
Louise Foxcroft delves... Tovább

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•9U?LsAe&, CMSeienc* is witty, erudite and demystifying. At last the female climacteric is presented not as a full stop, merely a pause for refLection.'irma kurtz
'There are many books which make me proud to be a man and the scion of a long Line of physicians. This - engaging, fluent, witty and passionate - is not one of them. On behalf of my sex and on behalf of doctors, I apologize.'Michael bywater
For over two thousand years, attitudes to the menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This meticulousLy researched and entertaining book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in cLassical texts, to the medicai literature of the i8th century, to up-to-the-minute contemporary clinical approaches. Its progression from naturai phenomenon to full-blown pathological condition from the 1700s led to bizarre treatments and often dangerous surgery, and formalized a misogyny which lingers in the treatment of menopausal women today.
Louise Foxcroft delves into the archives, the boudoir and the Gladstone bag to reveal the elements that formed the menopause myth: chauvinism, collusion, trial, error and secrecy. She challenges us to rethink absurd assumptions that have persisted through history - that sex stops at the menopause, or that ageing should be feared. This story belongs to everybody, certainly to every woman. It redresses the myths and captures the truths about menopause in a powerful, taboo-shattering history. Vissza