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The Apothecarys Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity Audiobook, by Karen Bloom Gevirtz Play Audiobook Sample

The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity Audiobook

The Apothecarys Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How it Became a Commodity Audiobook, by Karen Bloom Gevirtz Play Audiobook Sample
Release Date: November 12, 2024
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Read By: Elisabeth Lagelée Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.63 hours at 2.0x Speed
Release Date: November 12, 2024
Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798855590548

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

58:49 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

17:10 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

39:11 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

The running joke in Europe for centuries was that anyone in a hurry to die should call the doctor. As far back as ancient Greece, physicians were notorious for administering painful and often fatal treatments—and charging for the privilege. For the most effective treatment, the ill and injured went to the women in their lives. This system lasted hundreds of years. It was gone in less than a century.

Contrary to the familiar story, medication did not improve during the Scientific Revolution. Yet somehow, between 1650 and 1740, the domestic female and the physician switched places in the cultural consciousness: she became the ineffective, potentially dangerous quack, he the knowledgeable, trustworthy expert. The professionals normalized the idea of paying them for what people already got at home without charge, laying the foundation for Big Pharma and today's global for-profit medication system. A revelatory history of medicine, The Apothecary's Wife challenges the myths of the triumph of science and instead uncovers the fascinating truth. Drawing on a vast body of archival material, Karen Bloom Gevirtz depicts the extraordinary cast of characters who brought about this transformation. She also explores domestic medicine's values in responses to modern health crises, such as the eradication of smallpox, and what benefits we can learn from these events.

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About Elisabeth Lagelée

Graham Halstead, an Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator, is a professionally trained actor and voice artist. As an actor, he has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.