The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered / Edition 1

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:	9780195086539
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/19/1999
Series:	Women Writers in English 1350-1850
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)