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""At one time, illnesses were usually treated by women for free using home remedies. An historian chronicles the systematic shift to a male-dominated medical and pharmaceutical industry that often prioritizes profit over health.""-- ""World Wide Work"" ""Gevirtz brings a breadth of knowledge to her witty, deeply researched history of the commodification of health care and medicine. . . . A lively medical, scientific, and economic history.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Karen Bloom Gevirtz' fascinating history of medicine shines a light on the forgotten stories of female physicians.""-- ""The Telegraph"" ""This book is a timely reminder that the current greed-based healthcare system is a relatively recent man-made scheme.""-- ""Forbes"" ""The Apothecary's Wife is a stunning history book about the effects of the Scientific Revolution on the practice of medicine.""-- ""Foreword Reviews"" ""An endlessly fascinating work . . . Steeped with fascinating facts and delightful historical disagreements, The Apothecary's Wife will make readers thankful for modern medicine.""-- ""Shelf Awareness"" ""Karen Bloom Gevirtz excels at unearthing unexpected stories about sickness and death, about love and rivalry, about compassion and greed. . . .The Apothecary's Wife delivers serious messages about the evils of consumerism, but it is also a good read that exposes some quirky corners of 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century Britain.""-- ""Literary Review""

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Karen Bloom Gevirtz spent nearly three decades as a professor of English at American universities while also specializing in gender studies and medical humanities.

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