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Hardcover Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France: Louise Bourgeois Book

ISBN: 0859894711

ISBN13: 9780859894715

Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France: Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois was midwife to Maria of Medici, Queen of France, from 1601 to 1609, and the first woman in modern times to write about what she calls her "art". This book gives an account of her life, and then goes on to analyse her theories about the workings of the human body in her own particular sphere, before concentrating on her advice about handling the delivery of a child (especially where it was problematic), her relationships with her...

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