From hysteria to wandering wombs: women and medicine through history

<p>Elinor Cleghorn discusses her new book&nbsp;<em>Unwell Women</em>, which traces the long history of the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of women’s health issues, and highlights some of the women who fought back against medical sexism.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(Ad) Elinor Cleghorn is the author of&nbsp;<em>Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World&nbsp;</em>(Orion, 2021)&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Buy it now from Waterstones:&nbsp;<a href="https://go.skimresources.com/?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Funwell-women%2Felinor-cleghorn%2F9781474616850" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&amp;xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Funwell-women%2Felinor-cleghorn%2F9781474616850</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>