TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eccles,Audrey
ED  - Taylor and Francis.
TI  - Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Tudor and Stuart England
T2  - Routledge Library Editions: History of Medicine
SN  - 9780429400841(e-book : PDF)
AV  - RG518 .G7
U1  - 618/.0942 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Boca Raton, FL
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Birth
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Birth of the Foetus
KW  - Childbirth
KW  - Conception
KW  - Contraception
KW  - Death in Childbirth
KW  - English Obstetrical Textbooks
KW  - English Obstetrics
KW  - Female Reproductive System
KW  - Foetal Development
KW  - Foetus
KW  - Getting Pregnant
KW  - Gynaecology
KW  - Maternal Mortality
KW  - Normal Childbirth
KW  - Obstetrics
KW  - Obstetric Complications
KW  - Operative Delivery
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Pregnancy Prevention
KW  - Pregnancy Promotion
KW  - Sexuality
KW  - Tudors
KW  - Tudor Contraception
KW  - Tudor Gynaecology
KW  - Tudor Medicine
KW  - Tudor Obstectrics
KW  - Tudor Period
KW  - Two Centuries of Obstetrics
KW  - William Harvey
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - Gynecology
KW  - Medicine
KW  - 16th century
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface Acknowledgements  1. English Obstetrical Textbooks Before 1740 2. The Legacy of the Ancients, and William Harvey  3. The Legacy of the Ancients, and the Anatomists 4. The Female Reproductive System 5. Sexuality and Conception  6. Development and Birth of the Foetus  7. Diagnosis of Pregnancy and Ante-natal Regimen  8. Pregnancy Prevention and Promotion 9. Gynaecology  10. Normal Childbirth  11. The Management of Obstetric Complications  12. The Manuall Practize  Operative Delivery  13. Two Centuries of Obstetric Change Reviewed  Appendix: Maternal Mortality: Some Notes on the Willughby Cases  Notes  Index; Also available in print format
N2  - Originally published in 1982 Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Tudor and Stuart England traces the development of obstetrics and gynaecology over the past two centuries. Between the 16th and 18th century midwifery passed from a female mystery, employing traditional medicines and superstitions, to a scientifically-based clinical skill, with both gains and losses to the patient. The case-mortality was high enough to make the increasing involvement of male surgeons socially acceptable, despite sexual taboos. Thus, as scientific knowledge of anatomy and physiology developed and was applied in the form of new techniques, so the midwives, who had less opportunity and inclination to acquire the new knowledge and skills, lost esteem and by the mid-eighteenth century were increasingly relegated to the service of the poor. The book also examines ideas about sexuality, menstruation, conception, pregnancy and lactation and shows how the views of society about femaleness, marital relations and the management of pregnancy and childbearing were influenced by these notions
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429400841
ER  -