Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology

Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology

The Uses of a Sixteenth-Century Compendium

King, Helen

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2007

238

Dura

Inglês

9780754653967

15 a 20 dias

Looking at the competition and collaboration among different groups of men involved in childbirth, and between men and women, this work demonstrates that arguments about history were as important as arguments about the merits of different designs of forceps.
Contents: Introduction:towards gynaecology; Prefacing women: owners and users; Medical history and obstetric practice in William Smellie; Guilty of 'male-practice'? Burton's attack on Smellie; Delighting in a 'bit of antiquity': Sir James Young Simpson; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.