From Hysteria to Hormones: A Rhetorical History
(Part of the RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric Series)
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In From Hysteria to Hormones, Amy Koerber examines the rhetorical activity that preceded the early twentieth-century emergence of the word hormone and the impact of this word on expert understandings of women's health. Shortly after Ernest Henry Starling coined the term "hormone" in 1905, hormones began to provide a chemical explanation for bodily phenomena that were previously understood in terms of "wandering wombs," humors,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:027108085X
ISBN13:9780271080857
Release Date:March 2018
Publisher:Penn State University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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