Booklet, Bureau of Child Hygiene Department of Health Buffalo Midwifery
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular booklet of 25 forms documenting problematic births. The booklet has tan sheets of thick paper in front and back and thin white sheets with black printing inside. The leaves are perforated at 1/3 the width of sheet.
label: Description
content: Printed in margin: "This slip to be used by MIDWIVES in all abnormal cases, cases of miscarriage or abortion and all cases where Physician is called."
label: Description
content: Left portion of sheet includes space for documentation of name of child, name of mother, address, reason, physician, midwife, and date of notification of the Department of Health. Right portion includes space for name of child, date of birth, name of mother, hour of birth, address, term, presentation, complications, laceration, miscarriage, reason for calling physician, condition of baby on day, condition of mother on day, midwife, date and hour of arrival, physician, date and hour of arrival.
label: Description
content: The booklet was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Buffalo
topic: label: Subject
content: Medicine
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Obstetrics
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Midwife Kit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0128.09
label: accession number
content: 2012.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0128.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet, midwife
label: Object Name
content: booklet, midwife certificate
label: Object Name
content: booklet, midwife form
label: Object Name
content: booklet, midwife forms
label: Object Name
content: midwife's kit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; .3175 cm x 13.97 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.75 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm; 10 15/16 in x 5 1/2 in x 25/32 in