Adrian Wilson

The Making of Man-Midwifery

Childbirth in England, 1660-1770

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published 1995 The Making of Man-Midwifery explains the transformation in medical practice and remarkable shift in gender relations in the development and transmission of the new midwifery skills through the eighteenth century, the book addresses both technological and feminist arguments of the period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367077716
• ISBN-10: 036707771X
• Artikelnr.: 59773115

Autorenporträt

Adrian Wilson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I: The Traditional Management of
Birth 2. The Bodily Processes of Childbirth 3. The Practices of Midwives 4.
Traditional Obstetric Surgery Part II: From Obstetric Surgery to
Man-Midwifery 5. The Chamberlen Instruments and Their Sale 6. The Forceps
Contested: The London Deventrians 7. The Impact of the Forceps Part III:
Whig and Tory Men-Midwives 8. Conflict and Initiative in London, 1720-40 9.
A New Synthesis: William Smellie 10. John Bamber, the Vectis, and the City
of London 11. New Institutions: The London Lying-in Hospitals Part IV: The
Man as Midwife 12. The Varieties of Man-Midwifery 13. William Hunter: The
Man as Midwife 14. Two Female Cultures 15. Conclusion Bibliography Index