Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes…

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.html.images 91 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.epub3.images 174 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.epub.images 174 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.epub.noimages 90 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.kf8.images 550 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.kindle.images 542 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/15375.txt.utf-8 86 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15375/pg15375-h.zip 180 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Chellier, Dorothée, 1860-1930
Title Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes arabes
Note Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously
made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
Summary "Voyage dans l'Aurès: Notes d'un médecin envoyé en mission chez les femmes…" by Docteur Dorothée Chellier is a medical account written in the late 19th century. This book documents the author's experiences and observations during a medical mission in the Aurès mountains of Algeria, focusing particularly on the health practices and conditions of indigenous women. It serves as a unique reflection on the intersection of medicine, culture, and colonialism during this period. In her detailed narrative, Chellier recounts her journey through remote areas, where she provides medical care to women and children while exploring local customs related to childbirth and reproductive health. The book reveals the challenges faced by women in these communities, including high maternal mortality rates due to a lack of medical intervention during childbirth and the prevalence of diseases like syphilis and malaria. Additionally, Chellier highlights the necessity of having female medical practitioners to build trust and facilitate care among women who would otherwise be reluctant to seek treatment from male doctors. By documenting her findings, she aims to advocate for better healthcare solutions that respect the cultural context of the women she serves. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
Subject Women -- Diseases
Subject Aurès Mountains (Algeria)
Category Text
EBook-No. 15375
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 14, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 52 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!