Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France
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Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France by Wendy Perkins
The author was midwife to Maria of Medici, Queen of France, from 1601 to 1609, and the first woman in modern times to write about what she calls her art. This book gives an account of her life, and then goes on to analyse her theories about the workings of the human body in her own particular sphere.
Louise Bourgeois was an important figure, in her lifetime and beyond, and her writings offer an unusual insight into an aspect of health care that is often difficult for historians to examineHer works have many stories to tell, about the circumstances of women's work and self-expression, about midwifery and childbirth. This book should herald the revival of Bourgeois scholarship ... * Social History of Medicine, Vol. II, No. 3 *
Wendy Perkins has written an excellent account of the work, writings and career of Louise Bourgeois, who had a flourishing midwifery practice at the French royal court at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Bourgeois was notable as a successful and articulate woman practitioner and author. . . Perkins, who is an expert on French literature, has integrated into her account recent work of social historians on medicine: on the medical market place, on patient-doctor relations, especially between women and medical practitioners, and on the social construction of the body. She does so with skill and modesty. * Medical History, Vol. 42 *
Wendy Perkins has written an excellent account of the work, writings and career of Louise Bourgeois, who had a flourishing midwifery practice at the French royal court at the beginning of the seventeenth century. Bourgeois was notable as a successful and articulate woman practitioner and author. . . Perkins, who is an expert on French literature, has integrated into her account recent work of social historians on medicine: on the medical market place, on patient-doctor relations, especially between women and medical practitioners, and on the social construction of the body. She does so with skill and modesty. * Medical History, Vol. 42 *
Wendy Perkins is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780859894715 |
| ISBN 10 | 0859894711 |
| Title | Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France |
| Author | Wendy Perkins |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 1996-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
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