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for better traction , was practiced as early as 1500 B . C . in Egypt - not by
midwives or physicians , but by priests . ... midwifery runs the assertion that
midwives took care of normal births but that in emergency a male physician ( or
priest ) had to ...
for better traction , was practiced as early as 1500 B . C . in Egypt - not by
midwives or physicians , but by priests . ... midwifery runs the assertion that
midwives took care of normal births but that in emergency a male physician ( or
priest ) had to ...
Page 129
The ancient physician held midwifery beneath his dignity ; the male practitioner of
the Christian Era was forbidden to degrade his manhood in the birthchamber .
Over and over , the historians of medicine declare that obstetrics could only move
...
The ancient physician held midwifery beneath his dignity ; the male practitioner of
the Christian Era was forbidden to degrade his manhood in the birthchamber .
Over and over , the historians of medicine declare that obstetrics could only move
...
Page 145
As early as 1795 , Alexander Gordon , a Scottish physician , published his
observations that childbed fever " seized such women only as were visited or
delivered by a practitioner , or taken care of by a nurse , who had previously
attended ...
As early as 1795 , Alexander Gordon , a Scottish physician , published his
observations that childbed fever " seized such women only as were visited or
delivered by a practitioner , or taken care of by a nurse , who had previously
attended ...
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Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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| Title | Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution |
| Author | Adrienne Cecile Rich |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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