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INTERNALIZED
SEXISM IN MEDICINEJanice Werbinski, MD, FACOG
Immediate Past PresidentAmerican College of Womens Health
PhysiciansAssociate Clinical Professor
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
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Internalized Sexism in
MedicineHistorical Quotes from JAMA
Quotes from ColleaguesCase Presentation
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
1892;19:36-37
Impairment of the Voice, in Female Singers,
Due to Diseased Sexual Organs
That there is this intimate connection between the
nerves of the uterus and those of the larynx, as
above claimed, I am positive of, for I have time
and again witnessed their reflex action onseveral of my patients.
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
1891;16(24):837-839
It is but logical to conclude that the voice, heart,
brain and other troubles were dependent upon
that of the womb or the ovaries. a very largepercentage of the neurosis are dependent upon
local disease within the pelvishysteria, or
melancholia or insanity, both alike dependent
upon pelvic neurosis, which fact goes to proveconclusively the interdependence between
gynecology and neurology.
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
Charles P. Noble, M.D.
1893;21:410-415The principal causes of the diseases of women
are:
1. Imperfect development of the sexual organs
2. Gonorrhea
3. Septic inflammation following childbirth
4. Lacerations due to childbirth5. Miscellaneous causes, including constipation,
erroneous habits of life, and errors of dress
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
George H. Rohe, M.D.
1893;21:325
LACTATIONAL INSANITY
Dr. Bevan Lewis regards the exhaustion and
sequelae of labor, and defective uterineinvolution as important etiologic factors,especially in the earlier cases of lactationalinsanity. It appears that the local pelvic
irritations acting upon the central organ (brain)are active, both as determining the duration aswell as the course of mental disorder.
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JAMA 100 Years Ago
1898;30:269-271
SHENCKS THEORY OF SEX DETERMINATION
paternal superiority determines the superiormale sex. That paternal nutrition aids in
determining this superiority, and finally that whilethe mother is of an inferior sex, her goodnutrition aids in determining the superior maleoffspring
Fortunately, enthusiastic oophorectomists arerendering sterile no small number of femaleneurotics, thus lending potent assistance to thesurvival of the fittest pelvic organs..
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For Her Own Good: 150 Years ofthe Experts Advice to Women
English B, NY Anchor Press, Doubleday, 1978
In 1873, Dr. Edward H. Clarke wrote in amedical text that Higher education would
cause womens uteruses to atrophy.