The court midwife / Justine Siegemund ; edited and translated by Lynne Tatlock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegemund, Justina, 1636-1705.

Contributor:

Tatlock, Lynne, 1950-

Series:

Other voice in early modern Europe.

The other voice in early modern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midwifery--Early works to 1800.

Midwifery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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, sworn testimonials by former patients, and a brief autobiography.

Contents:

Front matter

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 Contents

Appendix B: Glossary of New and Old Gynecological and Obstetric Terms

Series Editors' Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611126070

9781281126078

1281126071

9780226757100

0226757102

OCLC:

476229409