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

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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press USA

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.