Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern France

Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern France
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Publisher : Acmrs Publications
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 0772721386
ISBN-13 : 9780772721389
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Download or read book Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern France written by Valerie Worth-Stylianou and published by Acmrs Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These texts were written in the vernacular for a readership of physicians and surgeons but also of midwives and lay women. So they present important evidence that, contrary to stereotypes, women were the recipients of medical texts written specifically for them. More generally, these texts demonstrate a strong interest in women's health, indicating that early modern physicians and surgeons had a new interest in the specificity of female anatomy and women's diseases. The texts selected and translated in this volume allow the reader to access an important group of primary sources on issues related to women's health, including childbirth and caesarean section, sterility, miscarriage, breastfeeding, etc. The selection of texts is well organized and coherent, the translation is accurate and fluent, and the texts are adequately annotated, so the book will be easily used by scholars and students, including undergraduates. It provides evidence of a new concern and attention for women's health needs, which, most interestingly, often went hand-in-hand with the rejection of misogynist stereotypes and the challenging of conventional views of female subordination and inferiority. --Gianna Pomata Professor of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University


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