Woods, Robert,

Mrs Stone & Dr Smellie : eighteenth-century midwives and their patients / Mrs Stone and Dr Smellie Robert Woods and Chris Galley. - 1 online resource (560 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-539) and index.

Midwives, their women and patients -- Reading case notes -- Sarah Stone, Somerset midwife -- Mrs. Stone's Complete Practice -- William Smellie, man-midwife and instructor -- Dr. Smellie's London cases -- The new obstetrics -- Other cases from London -- Midwifery through case histories.

9781781387528


Stone, Sarah, active 1737.
Smellie, William, 1697-1763.


Midwifery--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Midwifery--History--Great Britain--18th century--Sources.


Electronic books.

RG950 / .W66 2014

618.20094109033