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... obstetrical mid- wife , her assistant , and the female priest who chanted prayers for a successful delivery . Soranus of Ephesus , a physician of the second century A.D. , produced an obstetrical treatise giving instructions for ...
... obstetrical mid- wife , her assistant , and the female priest who chanted prayers for a successful delivery . Soranus of Ephesus , a physician of the second century A.D. , produced an obstetrical treatise giving instructions for ...
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... obstetrical knowledge was the direct result of this complete monopoly by women . " 17 Another obstetric historian makes the unconsciously revealing observation that " perhaps even today the medical practice of midwifery seems less ...
... obstetrical knowledge was the direct result of this complete monopoly by women . " 17 Another obstetric historian makes the unconsciously revealing observation that " perhaps even today the medical practice of midwifery seems less ...
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... obstetrical attendants " as is usual in other branches of physic and surgery . We should not then find the town and country overrun with ignorant and half - instructed practitioners of both sexes . " ( Emphasis mine . ) 29 The male ...
... obstetrical attendants " as is usual in other branches of physic and surgery . We should not then find the town and country overrun with ignorant and half - instructed practitioners of both sexes . " ( Emphasis mine . ) 29 The male ...
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