The healer's calling : women and medicine in early New England / Rebecca J. Tannenbaum.

Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, 2002.

xviii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-172) and index.

Community. Calling the healers: early modern medicine and colonial practitioners -- Called to the bedside: medicine in the household -- Calling the women: medical networks and women's communities -- A higher calling: high-ranking women and the uses of healing -- Called to court: women healers as witnesses and authorities -- Calling the doctoress: commercial practice -- Epilogue: the changing context of the healer's calling.