Female Impotence or Obstruction of the Womb? French Doctors Picturing Female Sterility in the 1820s

• Published in: The Palgrave Handbook of Infertility in History pp. 311 - 333
• Main Author: Vasset, Sophie
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Subjects: Agency; Case notes; Experience; Patronage; Spa

This chapter explores a specific medical case from 1829, discussed in the correspondence of a small-town physician, Dr. Lamothe, and Dr. Delpit of the spa town of Barèges (in this period, spa treatment was thought effective for fertility problems). It analyses the variety of medical sources referred...