Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 132
... hand , and the physician's ignorance of female anatomy and techniques relating to childbirth , on the other , were ... hands of flesh that had delivered millions of children and soothed the labor of millions of moth- ers were denied the ...
... hand , and the physician's ignorance of female anatomy and techniques relating to childbirth , on the other , were ... hands of flesh that had delivered millions of children and soothed the labor of millions of moth- ers were denied the ...
Page 139
... hand , she takes considerable pride in the professionalism of the Hôtel Dieu school for midwives , which had a woman ... HANDS OF FLESH , HANDS OF IRON 139.
... hand , she takes considerable pride in the professionalism of the Hôtel Dieu school for midwives , which had a woman ... HANDS OF FLESH , HANDS OF IRON 139.
Page 147
... hand had absorbed these particles from the cadaver into his bloodstream as deadly poisons , so a hand retaining ... HANDS OF FLESH , HANDS OF IRON 147.
... hand had absorbed these particles from the cadaver into his bloodstream as deadly poisons , so a hand retaining ... HANDS OF FLESH , HANDS OF IRON 147.
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The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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