The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086538
• ISBN13: 9780195086539
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"