Midwife to the Queen of France: Diverse Observations (Volume 56) (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series) (Original PDF from Publisher)

By Louise Bourgeois, Alison Klairmont Lingo, Stephanie O’Hara
Diverse Observations is a groundbreaking book available for the first time in English. Written by a midwife committed to improving the care of women and newborns, it records the evolution of Bourgeois’s practice and beliefs, comments on changing attitudes related to reproductive health, and critiques the gendered elitism of the early modern medical hierarchy

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Iter Press; 1st edition (November 6, 2017)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 452 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 086698576X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0866985765