"The woman is her uterus". The creation of women's medicine in Brazil

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  • Patrícia de Freitas Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2008v1n2p174

Keywords:

Gynecology, obstetrics, medicine, woman, history.

Abstract

The objective of this article is to develop a bibliographical revision on the creation of women's medicine in Brazil: gynecology and obstetrics. It is a study of gender applied to the medical sciences, particularly the history of medicine.

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Author Biography

Patrícia de Freitas, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Doutora em História pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Pesquisadora Colaboradora do Instituto de Estudos de Gênero da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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Published

2008-12-02

How to Cite

FREITAS, Patrícia de. "The woman is her uterus". The creation of women’s medicine in Brazil. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 174–187, 2008. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2008v1n2p174. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/1431. Acesso em: 16 jan. 2026.

Issue

vol. 1, n. 1, jan./jun. 2008. Dossier Social History Perspectives

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