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The King's Midwife

Author : Nina Rattner Gelbart
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052092410X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The King's Midwife written by Nina Rattner Gelbart and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a national institution. In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Madame Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray to travel throughout France teaching the art of childbirth to illiterate peasant women. For the next thirty years, this royal emissary taught in nearly forty cities and reached an estimated ten thousand students. She wrote a textbook and invented a life-sized obstetrical mannequin for her demonstrations. She contributed significantly to France's demographic upswing after 1760. Who was the woman, both the private self and the pseudonymous public celebrity? Nina Rattner Gelbart reconstructs Madame du Coudray's astonishing mission through extensive research in the hundreds of letters by, to, and about her in provincial archives throughout France. Tracing her subject's footsteps around the country, Gelbart chronicles du Coudray's battles with finance ministers, village matrons, local administrators, and recalcitrant physicians, her rises in power and falls from grace, and her death at the height of the Reign of Terror. At a deeper level, Gelbart recaptures du Coudray's interior journey as well, by questioning and dismantling the neat paper trail that the great midwife so carefully left behind. Delightfully written, this tale of a fascinating life at the end of the French Old Regime sheds new light on the histories of medicine, gender, society, politics, and culture.

The Court Midwife

Author : Justine Siegemund
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226757102
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Court Midwife written by Justine Siegemund and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1690, The Court Midwife made Justine Siegemund (1636-1705) the spokesperson for the art of midwifery at a time when most obstetrical texts were written by men. More than a technical manual, The Court Midwife contains descriptions of obstetric techniques of midwifery and its attendant social pressures. Siegemund's visibility as a writer, midwife, and proponent of an incipient professionalism accorded her a status virtually unknown to German women in the seventeenth century. Translated here into English for the first time, The Court Midwife contains riveting birthing scenes, sworn testimonials by former patients, and a brief autobiography.

Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology

Author : Helen King
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754653967
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (539 download)

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Book Synopsis Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology by : Helen King

Download or read book Midwifery, Obstetrics and the Rise of Gynaecology written by Helen King and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gynaeciorum libri, a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine. Focusing on its readers in the period from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, when men and women were in competition for control over childbirth, Helen King sheds new light on how the claim of female difference was shaped by specific social and cultural conditions.

The Midwife's Tale

Author : Sam Thomas
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250010772
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Midwife's Tale written by Sam Thomas and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Arianna Franklin and C. J. Sansom comes Samuel Thomas's remarkable debut, The Midwife's Tale It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels' hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget's friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to be burnt alive. Convinced that her friend is innocent, Bridget sets out to find the real killer. Bridget joins forces with Martha Hawkins, a servant who's far more skilled with a knife than any respectable woman ought to be. To save Esther from the stake, they must dodge rebel artillery, confront a murderous figure from Martha's past, and capture a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. The investigation takes Bridget and Martha from the homes of the city's most powerful families to the alleyways of its poorest neighborhoods. As they delve into the life of Esther's murdered husband, they discover that his ostentatious Puritanism hid a deeply sinister secret life, and that far too often tyranny and treason go hand in hand.

The Midwife's Apprentice

Author : Karen Cushman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547722176
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The Midwife's Apprentice written by Karen Cushman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1995 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small village in medieval England, a young homeless girl acquires a home and a new career when she becomes the apprentice to a sharp-tempered midwife.

Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time

Author : Christine McCourt
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845455866
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (558 download)

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Book Synopsis Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time by : Christine McCourt

Download or read book Childbirth, Midwifery and Concepts of Time written by Christine McCourt and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All cultures are concerned with the business of childbirth, so much so that it can never be described as a purely physiological or even psychological event. This volume draws together work from a range of anthropologists and midwives who have found anthropological approaches useful in their work. Using case studies from a variety of cultural settings, the writers explore the centrality of the way time is conceptualized, marked and measured to the ways of perceiving and managing childbirth: how women, midwives and other birth attendants are affected by issues of power and control, but also actively attempt to change established forms of thinking and practice. The stories are engaging as well as critical and invite the reader to think afresh about time, and about reproduction.

Varney's Midwifery

Author : Helen Varney
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763718565
Total Pages : 1480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Varney's Midwifery written by Helen Varney and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as the â€œbibleâ€ of midwifery, this new edition of Varney's Midwifery has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the full scope of current midwifery practice in a balance of art and science, a blend of spirituality and evidence-based care, and a commitment to being with women.

The Midwife of Bethlehem

Author : Diane Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780990878001
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Midwife of Bethlehem written by Diane Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful telling of the Christmas nativity story through the eyes of the women who may have come to help Mary give birth to Jesus.

Arms Wide Open

Author : Patricia Harman
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807001716
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Arms Wide Open written by Patricia Harman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Blue Cotton Gown recounts living free and naturally against all odds—and discovering her true calling as a midwife—in this deeply moving memoir In her first, highly praised memoir, Patricia Harman told us the stories patients brought into her exam room, and her own story of struggling to help women as a nurse-midwife in medical practice with her husband—an OB/GYN—in Appalachia. Now, Patsy reaches back to the 1960s and 1970s, recounting how she learned to deliver babies and her youthful experiments with living a fully sustainable, natural life. Drawing heavily on her journals, Arms Wide Open goes back to a time of counter-culture idealism that the boomer generation remembers well. Patsy opens with stories of living in the wilds of Minnesota in a log cabin she and her lover build with their own hands, the only running water being the nearby streams. They set up beehives and give chase to a bear competing for the honey. Patsy gives birth and learns to help her friends deliver as naturally as possible. Weary of the cold and isolation, Patsy moves to a commune in West Virginia, where she becomes a self-taught midwife delivering babies in cabins and homes. Her stories sparkle with drama and intensity, but she wants to help more women than healthy hippie homesteaders. After a ten-year sojourn for professional training, Patsy and her husband return to Appalachia, where they set up a women's health practice. They deliver babies together—this time in hospitals—and care for a wide variety of gyn patients. They live in a lakeside contemporary home, though their hearts are still firmly implanted in nature. The obstetrical climate is changing. The Harmans' family is changing. The earth is changing—but Patsy's arms remain wide open to life and all it offers. Her memoir of living free and sustainably against all odds will be especially embraced by anyone who lived through the Vietnam War and commune era, and all those involved in the back-to-nature and natural-childbirth movements.

Myles' Textbook for Midwives E-Book

Author : Jayne E. Marshall
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702057452
Total Pages : 799 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Myles' Textbook for Midwives E-Book written by Jayne E. Marshall and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 799 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most-popular midwifery textbook in the world! The sixteenth edition of this seminal textbook, Myles Textbook for Midwives, has been extensively revised and restructured to ensure that it reflects current midwifery practice, with an increased focus on topics that are fundamental to midwifery practice today. Well illustrated to assist visual learning Boxes highlighting significant information to aid study Introduction, Aims of the chapter and Conclusion for each chapter References, Further Reading and Useful websites to promote further learning Glossary of terms and acronyms provide simple definition of more complex terminologies Additional online resources Over 500 multiple-choice questions enable students to test their knowledge Unlabelled illustrations help reinforce learning Full image bank of illustrations to make study more visual and assist with projects. Full colour illustrations now used throughout the book, in response to student feedback Contains many new chapters, some of which are authored by members of the multi-professional team Up-to-date guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governance Recognition that midwives increasingly care for women with complex health needs, in a multicultural society Examination of the dilemmas involved in caring for women with a raised body mass index Chapter on optimising care of the perineum for women with perineal trauma, including those who have experienced female genital mutilation Guidance to support the trend for midwives to undertake the neonatal physical examination of the healthy term infant Additional coverage of basic neonatal resuscitation

Baby Catcher

Author : Peggy Vincent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743219341
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Baby Catcher written by Peggy Vincent and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging account of her career as a midwife, Vincent describes the hilarious, sometimes frightening, events surrounding the appearance of a new human being. More than a collection of unforgettable stories, "Baby Catcher" is a clarion call for a less technological, more personalized approach to childbirth in this country.

Midwife of Normandy

Author : Carole Penfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692790663
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Midwife of Normandy written by Carole Penfield and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clare Dupres, ambitious young Huguenot midwife living in turbulent 17th century France, struggles to save her family and career from the terrors of tyrannical King Louis XIV. On the brink of womanhood, she records in her journal the grand plan for her perfect life--marriage to the man she loves, renovation of mysterious Maison Dupres as her home, and a rewarding profession. The key to her plan lies in "the magic elixir," her ancestors' secret formula for pain-free childbirth, which she offers solely to wealthy aristocratic women. But King Louis' increasing pressure on Huguenots to convert to Catholicism shatters Clare's dreams. Her lover forced to flee France, she is compelled to marry his boring brother. Then she is banned from practicing midwifery. Yearning to continue her profession coupled with fear that her children will be kidnapped by Papists, Clare tries to convince her stubborn husband to move to England, but he is blind to the growing menace. When danger lurks in the form of the King's dreaded Dragonnade soldiers, she must summon all her strength and determination to save her family. Can Clare succeed in getting her family safely out of France before it is too late?

Minerva's French Sisters

Author : Nina Rattner Gelbart
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252560
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Minerva's French Sisters written by Nina Rattner Gelbart and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in the Enlightenment whose accomplishments--though celebrated in their lifetimes--have been generally omitted from subsequent studies of their period: mathematician and philosopher Elisabeth Ferrand, astronomer Nicole Reine Lepaute, field naturalist Jeanne Barret, garden botanist and illustrator Madeleine Françoise Basseporte, anatomist and inventor Marie-Marguerite Biheron, and chemist Geneviève d'Arconville. By adjusting our lens, we can find them. In a society where science was not yet an established profession for men, much less women, these six audacious and inspiring figures made their mark on their respective fields of science and on Enlightenment society, as they defied gender expectations and conventional norms. Their boldness and contributions to science were appreciated by such luminaries as Franklin, the philosophes, and many European monarchs. The book is written in an unorthodox style to match the women's breaking of boundaries.

Midwives

Author : Chris Bohjalian
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400032970
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midwives written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This modern classic from the author of The Flight Attendant is a compulsively readable novel that explores questions of human responsibility that are as fundamental to our society now as they were when the book was first published. A selection of Oprah's original Book Club that has sold more than two million copies. On an icy winter night in an isolated house in rural Vermont, a seasoned midwife named Sibyl Danforth takes desperate measures to save a baby’s life. She performs an emergency cesarean section on a mother she believes has died of stroke. But what if—as Sibyl's assistant later charges—the patient wasn't already dead? The ensuing trial bears the earmarks of a witch hunt, forcing Sibyl to face the antagonism of the law, the hostility of traditional doctors, and the accusations of her own conscience. Exploring the complex and emotional decisions surrounding childbirth, Midwives engages, moves, and transfixes us as only the very best novels ever do. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!

The Midwife's Tale

Author : Nicky Leap
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473829984
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Midwife's Tale written by Nicky Leap and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothers and midwives reveal the wonders and difficulties of early twentieth century childbirth in this informative and insightful healthcare history. Before the foundation of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, expectant mothers relied on midwives to help them through childbirth. Based on interviews conducted with dozens and mothers and retired midwives over several years, Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap’s The Midwife’s Tale shares the stories of these women in their own words, shedding light on their experiences and on the realities of childbirth in the first half of the twentieth century. Intriguing, poignant, and sometimes humorous, this oral history covers the experiences of women from the 1910s through the 1950s including accounts of the difficulties of rearing large families in poverty-stricken environments and the lack of information about contraception and abortion—even as midwifery changed from an unqualified “handywoman” skill to an actual profession.

A History of Midwifery in the United States

Author : Dr. Joyce E. Thompson, DrPH, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826125387
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book A History of Midwifery in the United States written by Dr. Joyce E. Thompson, DrPH, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of the professionís most prominent midwifery leaders, this authoritative history of midwifery in the United States, from the 1600s to the present, is distinguished by its vast breadth and depth. The book spans the historical evolution of midwives as respected, autonomous health care workers and midwifery as a profession, and considers the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities for this discipline as enduring motifs throughout the text. It surveys the roots of midwifery, the beginnings of professional practice, the founding of educational institutions and professional organizations, and entry pathways into the profession. Woven throughout the text are such themes as the close link between midwives and the communities in which they live, their view of pregnancy and birth as normal life events, their efforts to promote health and prevent illness, and their dedication to being with women wherever they may be and in whatever health condition and circumstances they may be in. The text examines the threats to midwifery past and present, such as the increasing medicalization of childbearing care, midwiferyís lack of a common identity based on education and practice standards, the mix of legal recognition, and reimbursement issues for midwifery practice. Illustrations and historical photos depict the many facets of midwifery, and engaging stories provide cultural and spiritual content. This is a ìmust-haveî for all midwives, historians, professional and educational institutions, and all those who share a passion for the history of midwifery and women. Key Features: Encompasses the most authoritative and comprehensive information available about the history of midwifery in the United States Considers the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities for midwifery Illustrated with historical photos and drawings Includes engaging stories filled with cultural and spiritual content, introductory quotes to each chapter, and plentiful chapter notes Written by two preeminent leaders in the field of midwifery

Holistic Hypnobirthing

Author : Anthonissa Moger
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744045525
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Holistic Hypnobirthing written by Anthonissa Moger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a modern holistic hypnobirthing book for every woman and every type of birth. This beautifully illustrated, practical guide to hypnobirthing provides you with the skills and tools to make any birth feel safe, calm, connected, and empowering - however you choose to bring your babies into the world. Whether you’re trying to get pregnant, just found out you’re pregnant, or well into your third trimester, this birthing book completely demystifies hypnobirthing, making it accessible and relevant for any mom-to-be. Anthonissa Moger (The Hypnobirthing Midwife) reveals the key things that will make the biggest, most positive difference to you and your baby as you navigate these life-changing months. This step-by-step guide enables you to embark on the benefits of hypnobirthing and create a safe space for you and your baby to return to time and again. Learn how to integrate body and mind throughout your pregnancy and birth with techniques such as deep relaxation, meditation, visualization, and breathwork exercises. Achieve the Birth You Want - For You and Your Baby Whether you’re having a natural birth or assisted birth, this mindful pregnancy book will help every woman take control of their labor for a calm, connected, and positive birth. It’s the perfect gift for expecting moms who are looking for advice and techniques for a stress-free pregnancy.