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Siegemund, Justina, 1636-1706.

The court midwife [electronic resource] / Justine Siegemund ; edited and translated by Lynne Tatlock. - University of Chicago Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xxxi, 260 p.) : ill. - The other voice in early modern Europe . - Other voice in early modern Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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;

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.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9780226757100 (electronic bk.) 0226757102 (electronic bk.) 9780226757087 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226757080 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226757094 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226757099 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Midwifery--Early works to 1800.
Midwifery.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Pregnancy & Childbirth.

Subjects--Index Terms: მედიცინა-- მეანობა

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RG950 / .S54 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 618.2/009

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 618

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2005 L-178 WZ 290 / S5735c 2005a