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The Midwives of Seventeenth-Century London - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Evenden, Doreen (Mount St Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
The Midwives of Seventeenth-Century London - Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
Evenden, Doreen (Mount St Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
This is a comprehensive study of midwives in seventeenth-century London. This volume explores the midwives' training and their licensing in an unofficial apprenticeship by the Church and places the midwives in their socioeconomic context by examining a wide range of seventeenth-century sources.
280 pages, 1 b/w illus. 12 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 2, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521027854 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 19 mm · 412 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Jones, Colin A. |
| Series Editor | Rosenberg, Charles |