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A book I must read someday
The Court Midwife
By Justina Siegemund, Lynne Tatlock
Originally written in 1690. renaissance, gynecology, texts, obstetrics, women in medicineGot Medieval on Theological OB-GYN
Got Medieval today muses on modern vs. medieval depictions of the Virgin Mary, as well as menstruation and pelvic exams for the BVM. :)
http://gotmedieval.blogspot.com/2009/02/mary-mary-why-ya-buggin.htmlFound by Anastasia...
Public record of the labor and delivery of a Iberian woman, 1490:
http://www.the-orb.net/birthrecord.htmlJust sent this to Johanna for the next Tisane
Tell me what you all think.
Provoking women's courses ( Read more... )Resource
There was recently a stillbirth among the people I work with-- I just found out about it. I thought I would pass on the link for this book by someone I worked with at Lehigh, which is very good-- though goddess forbid my readers would need it:
When Pregnancy Fails; Families Coping with Miscarriage, Ectopic Pregnancy, Stillbirth, and Infant Death. ( Read more... )
