Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology
Subtitle: the uses of a sixteenth-century compendium
By: by Helen King.
Series: Women and gender in the early modern world
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754653967
Subjects: Midwifery -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Obstetrics -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Midwives -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Gynecology -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Midwifery -- history -- England; Genital Diseases, Female -- history -- England; History, 16th Century -- England; History, 17th Century -- England; Medicine in Literature -- England; Obstetrics -- history -- England
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prefacing women: owners and users; title: Medical history and obstetric practice in William Smellie; title: Guilty of 'male-practice'? Burton's attack on Smellie; title: Delighting in a 'bit of antiquity': Sir James Young Simpson.