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The court midwife /
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 were written by men. More than a technical manual, The Court Midwife contains descriptions of obstetric techniques of midwifery and its attend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 were written by men. More than a technical manual, The Court Midwife contains descriptions of obstetric techniques of midwifery and its attendant social pressures. Siegemund's visibility as a writer, midwife, and proponent of an incipient professionalism accorded her a status virtually unknown to German women in the seventeenth century. Translated here into English for the first time, The Court Midwife contains riveting birthing scenes, s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226757100 0226757102 9780226757087 0226757080 9780226757094 0226757099 |