The healer's calling: women and medicine in early New England

pt. 1. Community

One: Calling the healers: early modern medicine and colonial practitioners

Two: Called to the bedside: medicine in the household

Three: Calling the women: medical networks and women's communities

Four: A higher calling: high-ranking women and the uses of healing

pt. 2. Authority

Five: Called to court: women healers as witnesses and authorities

Six: Calling the doctoress: commercial practice

Epilogue.