The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered (Women Writers in English, 1350-1850)

By Jane Sharp

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019508652X
• ISBN13: 9780195086522
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"