Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction; The puzzle of man-midwifery; Man-midwifery's prehistory; Notes; Part I The traditional management of birth; Chapter Two The bodily processes of childbirth; The varieties of childbirth; The incidence of difficult births; Standard techniques for delivering difficult births; Notes; Chapter Three The practices of midwives; The ceremony of childbirth; To be a midwife; The problem of difficult births; The skills of midwives; Notes
Chapter Four Traditional obstetric surgeryMale paths to childbirth; The horizon of male practice; The horizon transcended: the Chamberlen family; The female/male division transcended: Sarah Stone; Notes; Part II From obstetric surgery to man-midwifery; Chapter Five The Chamberlen instruments and their sale; The Chamberlen instruments; The sale of the forceps in England; The need for instruction; The Tory associations of the forceps; Notes; Chapter Six The forceps contested: the London Deventerians; Hendrik van Deventer and his obstetrics; The use of Deventer in London; Notes
Chapter Seven The impact of the forcepsWilliam Giffard's case-series and his practice; Mothers' expectations; Male practitioners' attitudes; Limits of the effects of the forceps; Notes; Part III Whig and Tory men-midwives; Chapter Eight Conflict and initiative in London, 1720-40; Early skirmishes; The publication of the forceps, 1733-35; John Douglas's intervention, 1736-37; Manningham's Lying-in Infirmary, 1739; The specificity of the London pattern; Notes; Chapter Nine A new synthesis: William Smellie; Life and writings; The development of Smellie's methods; Smellie's synthesis; Notes
Chapter Ten John Bamber, the vectis, and the City of LondonJohn Bamber and his associates; Bamber and the vectis; The vectis and the City of London; Notes; Chapter Eleven New institutions: the London Lying-in Hospitals; An overview of London's lying-in hospitals; Obstetric allegiances; Political orientations; The significance of the lying-in hospitals; Notes; Part IV The man as midwife; Chapter Twelve The varieties of man-midwifery; Recapitulation: new practices, old forms; Man-midwifery transformed; Notes; Chapter Thirteen William Hunter: the man as midwife; The man as midwife
Hunter, Smellie and the forcepsTheir counsellor and adviser; Notes; Chapter Fourteen Two female cultures; A new female culture; Ladies as mothers; Notes; Chapter Fifteen Conclusion; Counterattacks; Prospect; Notes; Bibliography; Index
