| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The other voice in early modern Europe |
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Volume Editor's Introduction; Volume Editor's Bibliography; The Court Midwife of the Electorate of Brandenburg; Appendix A: Original Table of Contexts; Appendix B: Glossary of New and Old Gynecological and Obstetric Terms; Series Editors' Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Siegemund, Justine. Chur-Brandenburgische Hoff-Wehe-Mutter. swd |
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Midwifery -- Early works to 1800
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Women midwives.
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Midwifery.
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Midwives.
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Midwifery
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Nurse Midwives
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midwives.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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Women midwives
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Midwives
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Midwifery
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Geburtshilfe
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Deutschland
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tatlock, Lynne, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9780226757100 |
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0226757102 |
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9780226757087 |
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0226757080 |
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9780226757094 |
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0226757099 |
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