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Scholars of the British Enlightenment who study obstetrical history traditionally focus on the rise of the male-midwife and competition between the sexes. This set comprises pamphlets, treatises, lectures for midwifery students, texts on the establishment of lying-in hospitals, and catalogues of obstetrical apparatuses collected by male-midwives.
Volume 5 The State of Midwifery Considered William Smellie and His Critics, Volume 6 Elizabeth Nihell, Volume 7 Lying-In Hospitals, Male/Female Midwifery Debates, Volume 8 Midwifery Lectures, Essays and Addresses: 1750–1769
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Pam Lieske
