fiction books on Medicine Women and/or female Acupuncturists
November 22, 2014 12:39 PM Subscribe
I am looking for fiction books on Medicine Women and Acupuncturists. I know that I was at a library a while ago and there was a fiction book on a woman who was an acupuncturist. Do you have any ideas? I can't recall the title. Also, I would like to see if there are any books on medicine women fiction or nonfiction that you could personally recommend, not just a google search, what do you know is good? thanks
Ayla in the Earth's Children series is a medicine woman, but the last book sucks.
Claire in the Outlander books is a nurse who later becomes a doctor; not all of her 18th century patients would use those terms.
posted by brujita at 1:44 PM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
Claire in the Outlander books is a nurse who later becomes a doctor; not all of her 18th century patients would use those terms.
posted by brujita at 1:44 PM on November 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
Perhaps Jang Geum, the first female royal physician in Korean history? I don't know if there are books on her specifically, but she could be interesting to learn about.
posted by gemutlichkeit at 5:30 PM on November 22, 2014
posted by gemutlichkeit at 5:30 PM on November 22, 2014
I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for when you say "medicine women," but you might like A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. It is based on the detailed diary of a late-18th-century midwife in Maine, and addresses the tension between traditional midwife care and the rise of (male) doctors particularly their involvement in birth. (Her stats on maternal and child survival were WAY BETTER than the doctor who more or less replaced her in her community.)
posted by librarina at 10:19 PM on November 22, 2014
posted by librarina at 10:19 PM on November 22, 2014
Ayla in the Earth's Children series is a medicine woman, but the last book sucks.
The 4th book sucks too.
For the Earth's Children series, read books 1, 2, and 3. Skip book 4 and instead read the summary "Ayla and Jondalar walked across Europe, the end." Read book 5. Skip book 6 and instead read the summary "More tediously long descriptions of cave paintings than you ever thought possible, the end."
posted by Jacqueline at 11:45 PM on November 22, 2014
The 4th book sucks too.
For the Earth's Children series, read books 1, 2, and 3. Skip book 4 and instead read the summary "Ayla and Jondalar walked across Europe, the end." Read book 5. Skip book 6 and instead read the summary "More tediously long descriptions of cave paintings than you ever thought possible, the end."
posted by Jacqueline at 11:45 PM on November 22, 2014
When I say Medicine women I am thinking traditional healer, so native american. Any leads on TCM/ accupunture?? thanks!!
posted by cheetahchick at 12:55 PM on November 23, 2014
posted by cheetahchick at 12:55 PM on November 23, 2014
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Written by a woman who went and apprenticed with a South American traditional medicine man in Belize. I highly recommend it.
posted by Michele in California at 1:30 PM on November 22, 2014