The Court Midwife

Justine Siegemund (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2005
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-75709-4 (ISBN)

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First published in 1690, this work made Justine Siegemund (1636-1705) the spokesperson for the art of midwifery at a time when most obstetrical texts were written by men. Translated here into English, this work contains riveting birthing scenes, sworn testimonials by former patients, and a brief autobiography.

First published in 1690, "The Court Midwife" made Justine Siegemund (1636-1705) the spokesperson for the art of midwifery at a time when most obstetrical texts were written by men. More than a technical manual, "The Court Midwife" contains descriptions of obstetric techniques of midwifery and its attendant social pressures. Siegemund's visibility as a writer, midwife, and proponent of an incipient professionalism accorded her a status virtually unknown to German women in the seventeenth century. Translated here into English for the first time, "The Court Midwife" contains riveting birthing scenes, sworn testimonials by former patients, and a brief autobiography.

Lynne Tatlock is the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.9.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
Übersetzer	Lynne Tatlock
Sprache	englisch
Maße	16 x 23 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-226-75709-9 / 0226757099
ISBN-13	978-0-226-75709-4 / 9780226757094
Zustand	Neuware