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Pages: 359
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Language: en
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Authors: Nina Rattner Gelbart
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-04-28 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a natio
Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology
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Authors: Helen King
Categories: History
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The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subf
Midwife of the Blue Ridge
Language: en
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A stirring debut novel-of love, struggle, and savagery on America's colonial frontier- (Bernard Cornwell). They call her Dark Maggie for her thick black hair, b
The Midwife's Tale
Language: en
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Authors: Sam Thomas
Categories: Fiction
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In the tradition of Arianna Franklin and C. J. Sansom comes Samuel Thomas's remarkable debut, The Midwife's Tale It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen