Preface

Population and Sex

Evidence for Oral Contraceptives and Abortifacients

Soranus on Antifertility Agents

Terminology in Dioscorides' De materia medica

Early Stage Abortifacients in Dioscorides and Soranus

Ancient Society and Birth Control Agents

Egyptian Papyrus Sources

Greek and Roman Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen

The Late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages

The Middle Ages: The Church, Macer, and Hildegard

Salerno and Medicine through the Twelfth Century

Islam, Arabic Medicine, and the Late Middle Ages

Knowledge of Birth Control in the West

The Renaissance

Later Developments

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

John M. Riddle is Chair of the History Department and Alumni Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University.

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