The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered

by Jane Sharp, Elaine Hobby

Overview

When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195086522
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/19/1999
Series:	Women Writers in English 1350-1850
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)