The healing hand: the role of women in ancient medicine by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In contrast with the struggle of 19th and 20th century women all over the world to be admitted to medical schools, women in ancient Greece and Rome were apparently increasingly at liberty to practise medicine from the 4th century BC onwards. …”
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Coarse motley shirts with the elements of discontinuous supplementary-weft weaving among the peoples of the Volga-Urals region (on the history of formation of the traditions) by E.E. Nechvaloda

“…The results obtained reveal that during the early 20th century women’s shirts in the Volga-Urals region were made following two distinct traditions in using the elements of discontinuous supplementary-weft weaving as a decoration that differed over time and place of their formation. …”
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