{"product_id":"9783032177650","title":"Food, Plants, Remedies and Healing Practices: Women’s Ideas in the History of Medicine","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWomen in the History of Philosophy and Sciences\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFood, Plants, Remedies and Healing Practices: Women’s Ideas in the History of Medicine\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJil Muller\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the contributions of women to the history of philosophy and medicine, as well as the traditional medical knowledge that has been employed in households. Women have played integral roles in the history of medicine, often serving as healers, caretakers, midwives and guardians of traditional knowledge surrounding food, plants, remedies, and healing practices. However, women’s writings are often overlooked or marginalized in mainstream narratives because they did not write in the scientific language of Latin, and because their writings were not in the conventional form of a published book. The work, therefore, considers a diverse range of women, from Hildegard von Bingen and Oliva Sabuco to Maria Deraismes in the 19th century, midwives in Germany and numerous other women in European households. It demonstrates the significant influence of female knowledge and practices in the field of medicine, remedies, chemistry and healing practices. The chapters predominantly reflect on plants, food and practical remedies used and tested by women. Those engaged in research or teaching on the history of philosophy and medicine will find this collection invaluable, as it offers insights into a domain that has been relatively unexplored and lacks a substantial corpus of documented evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eJil Muller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eis Postdoctoral Fellow at Paderborn University and Deputy Head of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists in Paderborn, Germany. Her research is twofold: on the one hand, she is interested in the medical traditions of 16th and 17th century women and men philosophers and scientists and their understanding of the body, mechanism and humourism. She has published articles on Descartes’ physiology and anatomy, on his correspondence with Elisabeth of Bohemia and on Montaigne’s illness. On the other hand, she works on the moral theories of women philosophers and scientists of the early modern period, such as Marie de Gournay, Sophie Germain and Émilie du Châtelet. In her work, she always tries to combine both fields of research. She recently has edited two books\u003cem\u003e Women and their Body \u003c\/em\u003e(Berlin and New York: de Gruyter 2025) and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAutomata, Cyborgs and Mutants: Eccentric Bodies from Humanism to Transhumanism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (New York: Palgrave Macmillan forthcoming).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032177650\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e356\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549371097228,"sku":"9783032177650","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032177650.jpg?v=1781060580","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032177650","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}