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The Midwives Book: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered (Women Writers in English, 1350-1850)
The Midwives Book Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered - Women Writers in English, 1350-1850 Author:Jane Sharp When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively antecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.