Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

ABSTRACT

It is no laughing matter when endometriosis - a disease that has obviously existed for thousands of years and afflicts 1 in 10 women across the world - is called "a career woman's disease." The history of medicine, of illness, is every bit as social and cultural as it is scientific. - Elinor Cleghorn, in I Unwell Women i I Unwell Women i provides an alternative overview of women's illnesses since the time of Hippocrates. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of American Journal of Clinical Pathology is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)