Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern France: Treatises by Caring Physicians and Surgeons (1581-1625) Volume 23

by François Rousset, Jacques Guillemeau, Jean Liebault

These texts were written in the vernacular for a readership of physicians and surgeons but also of midwives and lay women. So they present important evidence that, contrary to stereotypes, women were the recipients of medical texts written specifically for them. More generally, these texts demonstrate a strong interest in women's health, indicating that early modern physicians and surgeons had a new interest in the specificity of female anatomy and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0772721386
• ISBN13: 9780772721389
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Iter Press
• Length: 412 Pages