The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered by Elaine Hobby, Jane Sharp, Susanne Woods

The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered

Elaine Hobby, Jane Sharp, Susanne Woods

368 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction informative inspiring medium-paced
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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 ...

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