Health science and profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn)

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Labour and birth

Die königl. preussische und chur-brandenb. Hof-Wehe-Mütter, das ist: ein höchst nöthiger Unterricht von schweren und unrecht-stehenden Gebuhrten, in einem Gespräch vorgestellet / Justinen Siegemunden.

Tableaux interrogatifs, ou Nouvelle méthode d'enseigner l'art des accouchemens [sic] aux sages-femmes de la campagne. 3e. tableau, Des parties molles qui ont rapport au bassin / École départementale de l'Ain.

L'art des accouchemens, démontré par des principes de physique et de mechanique. Pour servir d'introduction & de base à des leçons particulières / Par M. André Levret.

Accoucheurs et sages-femmes célébres : esquisses biographiques / par G.-J. Witkowski.

A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment, of the practice of midwifery, with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / By William Smellie, M.D.

Abbildungen aus dem Gesammtegebiete der theoretisch-praktischen Geburtshülfe, nebst beschreibender Erklärung derselben / Nach dem Französischen ... bearbeitet und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Eduard Casp. Jac. von Siebold.

Tableaux interrogatifs, ou Nouvelle méthode d'enseigner l'art des accouchemens [sic] aux sages-femmes de la campagne. 4e. tableau, Des parties de la femme qui servent à la génération et à l'accouchement / École départementale de l'Ain.

Tableaux interrogatifs, ou Nouvelle méthode d'enseigner l'art des accouchemens [sic] aux sages-femmes de la campagne. 1er. tableau, 1. Qu'est-ce que l'accouchement? ... Des parties de la femme, qui ont rapport à la génération, à la grossesse, et à l'accouchement / École départementale de l'Ain.

A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour, while a medical professional assists with the birth.

Annual report / Royal College of Midwives.

A manual of midwifery for students and practitioners / by Henry Jellett and David G. Madill ; with the assistance in special subjects of W.R. Dawson [and others].

The traditional birth attendant in seven countries : case studies in utilization and training / edited by A. Mangay-Maglacas and H. Pizurki.

Lectures to practising midwives / by Victoria E.M. Bennett.

Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. ; Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

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Midwifery

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Annual report / Royal College of Midwives.

A manual of midwifery for students and practitioners / by Henry Jellett and David G. Madill ; with the assistance in special subjects of W.R. Dawson [and others].

The traditional birth attendant in seven countries : case studies in utilization and training / edited by A. Mangay-Maglacas and H. Pizurki.

Lectures to practising midwives / by Victoria E.M. Bennett.

Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. ; Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

Midwifery

Images from the collections

Images referencing Midwifery

Works from the collections

Annual report / Royal College of Midwives.

A manual of midwifery for students and practitioners / by Henry Jellett and David G. Madill ; with the assistance in special subjects of W.R. Dawson [and others].

The traditional birth attendant in seven countries : case studies in utilization and training / edited by A. Mangay-Maglacas and H. Pizurki.

Lectures to practising midwives / by Victoria E.M. Bennett.

Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. ; Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

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