368 Pages
by
Routledge
Scholars of the British Enlightenment who study obstetrical history traditionally focus on the rise of the male-midwife and competition between the sexes. This set comprises pamphlets, treatises, lectures for midwifery students, texts on the establishment of lying-in hospitals, and catalogues of obstetrical apparatuses collected by male-midwives.
Acknowledgments, Introduction, Works Cited, Lying-In Hospitals, Male/Female Midwifery Debates, Editorial Notes
Biography
Pam Lieske