I wanted to like this more than I did, but even though it is well-written, and clearly well researched, I kept getting lost in all of the details.

Following the history of Dr. Mary Putman Jacobi, the author provides what is expected. It is the deviations, which I concede are important and crucial to our understanding of Victorian medicine, that seem to make it difficult to read and a bit convoluted. This is not a book I would recommend to someone that isn't a scholar with a particular focus on the topic. I did learn a lot about the topics discussed, but it was a bit rough to get through, in my opinion. I did recommend this to my mom since she has a background in medicine.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC of this work in exchange for my honest review.