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Tables of Contents for Women, Science and Medicine 1500-1700
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
vii
2
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
ix
2
Hilary Rose
FOREWORD
xi
Lynette Hunter
Sarah Hutton
WOMEN, SCIENCE AND MEDICINE: INTRODUCTION
1
6
Sarah Hutton
1. THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX: FRANCIS BACON AND THE EMBLEMS OF SCIENCE
7
22
Elizabeth Tebeaux
2. WOMEN AND TECHNICAL WRITING, 1475-1700: TECHNOLOGY, LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A GENRE
29
34
Margaret Pelling
3. THOROUGHLY RESENTED? OLDER WOMEN AND THE MEDICAL ROLE IN EARLY MODERN LONDON
63
26
Lynette Hunter
4. WOMEN AND DOMESTIC MEDICINE: LADY EXPERIMENTERS, 1570-1620
89
19
Margaret P. Hannay
5. `HOW I THESE STUDIES PRIZE': THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE AND ELIZABETHAN SCIENCE
108
14
Reid Barbour
6. LUCY HUTCHINSON, ATOMISM AND THE ATHEIST DOG
122
16
Adrian Wilson
7. A MEMORIAL OF ELEANOR WILLUGHBY, A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MIDWIFE
138
40
Lynette Hunter
8. SISTERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY: THE CIRCLE OF KATHERINE JONES, LADY RANELAGH
178
20
Frances Harris
9. LIVING IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SCIENCE: MARY EVELYN, MARGARET CAVENDISH AND THE GRESHAMITES
198
20
Sarah Hutton
10. ANNE CONWAY, MARGARET CAVENDISH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
218
17
Rob Iliffe
Frances Willmoth
11. ASTRONOMY AND THE DOMESTIC SPHERE: MARGARET FLAMSTEED AND CAROLINE HERSCHEL AS ASSISTANT-ASTRONOMERS
235
31
BIBLIOGRAPHY
266
23
INDEX
289