The Midwives Book : or The Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered Paperback / softback
by Jane Sharp
Edited by Elaine (Reader in Women's Studies, English and Drama Department, Reader in Women's Studies, E Hobby
Part of the Women Writers in English 1350-1850 series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:30/09/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195086539
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Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:30/09/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195086539
