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Pages: 359
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Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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The story of Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray who, in 1759, was commissioned by Louis XV "to travel throughout France teaching the art of childbirth
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Authors: Nina Rattner Gelbart
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-28 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a natio
Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology
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Pages: 252
Authors: Helen King
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-01 - Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subf
Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time
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All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. Thi
The Court Midwife
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Justine Siegemund
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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First published in 1690, The Court Midwife made Justine Siegemund (1636-1705) the spokesperson for the art of midwifery at a time when most obstetrical texts we