Midwifery and medicine in early modern France : Louise Bourgeois / Wendy Perkins
1996, 1st edition. Exeter, Devon, UK : University of Exeter Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426433
ISBN: 0859894711
Physical description; x, 170 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-167) and index. Contents; Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Life of Louise Bourgeois -- Ch. 3. Bourgeois's Anatomical and Physiological Theories -- Ch. 4. Delivery of a Child -- Ch. 5. Bourgeois's Relationship with her Clients -- Ch. 6. Midwife and Medical Men -- Ch. 7. The Recueil Des Secrets -- Ch. 8. Conclusion. Subjects; Boursier, Louise Bourgeois approximately 1563-1636. 1600-1699. 17th century. Obstetrics France History 17th century. Medicine History 17th century. Midwifery history. History, 17th Century.
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