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Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology : the uses of a sixteenth-century compendium / Helen King.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) RG524 .K54 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Helen, 1957-
- Series:
- Women and gender in the early modern world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwifery--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Midwifery.
- Obstetrics--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Obstetrics.
- Midwives--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Midwives.
- Gynecology--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Gynecology.
- Midwifery--history.
- History.
- England.
- Genital Diseases, Female--history.
- History, 16th Century.
- History, 17th Century.
- Medicine in Literature.
- Obstetrics--history.
- Great Britain.
- Medical Subjects:
- Midwifery--history.
- England.
- Genital Diseases, Female--history.
- History, 16th Century.
- History, 17th Century.
- Medicine in Literature.
- Obstetrics--history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., [2007]
- Contents:
- Prefacing women: owners and users
- Medical history and obstetric practice in William Smellie
- Guilty of 'male-practice'? Burton's attack on Smellie
- Delighting in a 'bit of antiquity': Sir James Young Simpson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-218) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780754653967
- 075465396X
- OCLC:
- 77334203
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