title: [Female shame in medicine between XVII and XIX century].
abstract: The article deals with the topic of shame, expressed in gynaecological and medical texts between XVIII and XIX century. Feminine shame is a 'longue durée' affair in the history of medicine since the Classical Age. Which is the way physicians used to discuss over female reproductive organs and women's disease? Which is the way women used to speak about their own bodies?
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnaud-Lesot
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006176:Gynecology / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012752:Shame