The Role and Importance of Women in the History of Medicine since Late Middle Age to the Contemporary Times

Abstract

Gustavo Gomez Barbieri

Within the history of medicine, women have played a key role in a masculine and patriarchal paradigm, innovating and developing areas of medical knowledge that men had considered limited for ethical, cultural, anthropological or religious reasons. Therefore, the aim of this publication is to explain and describe the role of women into the Medical system and their contribution to the history of medicine, and how their discoveries and innovations have changed the world.

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