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First published in 1690, <i>The Court Midwife</i> 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, <i>The Court Midwife</i> 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 seventeent

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Author

Justine Siegemund

Publisher

University of Chicago Press Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226757094

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Medical, Nursing

Updated

2026-03-25