Methods and Folklore (Childbirth: Changing Ideas and Practices in Britain and America, 1600 to the Present)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9780815322320
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Sociology - General; Midwifery; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Sociology; Gynecology & Obstetrics; Social Science / Sociology / General
First sentence: In 1803, Benjamin Rush, who unquestionably was the outstanding figure in American medicine at the time, wrote that in 1795 "he was led to suppose that blood-letting might be effectual in lessening the violence of the disease and pains of parturition."