Table of Contents:
“…-- The Nineteenth-Century Midwife -- Childbirth and the
Medical Profession in the Nineteenth Century -- Physicians, Surgeons, and the Teaching of Midwifery --
Medical Education and Midwifery in Scotland -- Institutional Care in the Nineteenth Century -- Maternal Mortality in Institutional Deliveries -- The Antiseptic Revolution -- Maternal Care in Britain, 1900-1935 -- Midwives Acts, Government Reports, and Public Opinion -- The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists -- Midwives and Handywomen -- Obstetrics in General Practice, 1900-1935 -- Maternity Hospitals and
Medical Education, 1900-1935 -- Maternal Care, 1900-1935 -- Maternal Mortality in Britain from 1850 to the Mid-1930s -- Maternal Mortality, 1850-1910 -- Maternal Mortality, 1910-1934 -- Regional Variations -- Maternal Care and Maternal Mortality in Britain, 1935-1950 -- England and Wales -- The Decline of Puerperal Fever, the Sulphonamides, and the Streptococcus -- The Decline in Maternal Mortality and the Second World War -- Abortion, Illegitimacy, and the War -- USA -- The Geography and Politics of Maternal Care in the USA: Introduction -- The Politics of Maternal Care in the USA -- Maternal Mortality and the Public Health -- Home Deliveries and the General Practitioner -- The Old Style of Family Doctor -- The Conservative Phase of Obstetric Practice -- Increased Intervention in Home Deliveries -- The General Practitioner and Maternal Mortality -- Rural and Urban Maternal Mortality --
Medical Education and Obstetrics in the USA -- The
American Midwife -- The Registration and Education of
American Midwives -- The Immigrant Midwives -- Rural Midwifery in the Early Twentieth Century -- The Black Midwives of the Southern States -- The Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service -- Obstetricians against Midwives -- The
American Lying-in Hospital, 1850-1910 -- The Lying-in Hospitals, 1850-1910 -- Antisepsis and Hospital Deliveries -- Maternal Care and the Hospital, 1900-1935 -- Out-patient Maternity Services -- Attitudes to Childbirth and the Problem of Pain -- Primitive and Civilized Women -- Pain Relief in Childbirth -- Twilight Sleep -- Pain Relief after Twilight Sleep -- The Orgy of Interference -- DeLee and the Prophylactic Forceps Operation -- The Extent of Interference -- Michigan: A Typical State? …”
Call Number: RG516 .L68 1992
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