| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 260 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The other voice in early modern Europe
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Other voice in early modern Europe.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Midwifery -- Early works to 1800.
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Midwifery. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Midwifery. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Tatlock, Lynne, 1950-
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| Added Title |
Chur-Brandenburgische Hoff-Wehe-Mutter. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Siegemund, Justina, 1636-1706. Court midwife. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005 0226757080 9780226757087 (DLC) 2005002438 (OCoLC)57531574 |
| ISBN |
9780226757100 (electronic book) |
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0226757102 (electronic book) |
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9780226757087 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226757080 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780226757094 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0226757099 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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