The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered
Jane Sharp
368 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 019508652X
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Language: English
Publish: 935046000000
When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.