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Midwives Book, The

When midwife Jane Sharp wrote ""The Midwives Book"" in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdote, she produced a lively book that is instructive, accessible and witty
eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, New York, 1999
1 online resource (368 pages)
9780195086522, 019508652X
1027198168