Pregnancy and birth in early modern France : treatises by caring physicians and surgeons (1581-1625), François Rousset, Jean Liebault, Jacques Guillemeau, Jacques Duval and Louis de Serres / edited and translated by Valerie Worth-Stylianou.

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Pregnancy and birth in early modern France : treatises by caring physicians and surgeons (1581-1625), François Rousset, Jean Liebault, Jacques Guillemeau, Jacques Duval and Louis de Serres / edited and translated by Valerie Worth-Stylianou.