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midwifery manual

The first printed midwifery guide in English was published in 1540; like others that followed, it was addressed both to midwives and to married women. These works provided basic information on conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery, and care of the newborn. With the exception of Jane Sharp’s book (1671), they were all written by men.

From 1540 onwards, printed midwifery manuals were popular in England. A typical format includes the signs of pregnancy; a description of bodily changes associated with it; remedies for common ailments; descriptions of labor and delivery; and care of the newborn. Some also include a guide to selecting a midwife and or a wet nurse.


There are 82 books tagged with this term.
 
Last Name First Name Title Date
Roeslin Eucharius The byrth of mankynde, newly translated out of Laten into Englysshe. In the which is… 1540
Raynalde Thomas The byrth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newly set furth, corrected and augmented… 1545
Raynalde Thomas The byrth of mankynd, otherwyse named the womans boke. Newly set forth, corrected and augmented… 1552
Raynalde Thomas The byrth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newly set foorth, corrected, and augmented… 1560
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newely set foorth, corrected, and augmented… 1565
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newely set foorth, corrected, and augmented… 1565
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newly set foorth, corrected, and augmented… 1572
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newly set foorth, corrected, and augmented… 1585
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankinde, otherwyse named The vvomans booke. Set foorth in English by Thomas… 1598
Raynalde Thomas The birth of mankinde, otherwise named The womans booke. Set foorth in English by Thomas… 1604
Guillemeau Jacques Child-birth or, The happy deliuerie of vvomen. VVherein is set downe the gouernment of… 1612
Raynalde Thomas The birth of man-kinde; otherwise named The womans booke. Set forth in English by… 1626
Raynalde Thomas The birth of man-kinde; othervvise named, The womans booke. Set forth in English by… 1634
Raynalde Thomas The birth of man-kinde; othervvise named, The womans booke. Set forth in English by… 1634
Guillemeau Jacques Child-birth or, The happy delivery of vvomen. VVherein is set downe the government of… 1635
Rueff Jakob The expert midwife, or An excellent and most necessary treatise of the generation and birth… 1637
Culpeper Nicholas Culpeper’s Directory for midwives...The second part 1650
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midvvives: or, A guide for women, in their conception, bearing, and suckling… 1651
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives: or A guid for women, in their conception, bearing, and suckling… 1652
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives 1652
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives 1653
Roeslin Eucharius The birth of mankind. "Fourth" edition.may be a ghost… 1654
Rosslin Eucharius The birth of mankind, otherwise called, The womans book. Or, A guide for vvomen, in… 1654
Bunworth Richard The doctresse: a plain and easie method, of curing those diseases which are peculiar to women 1656
Chamberlayne Thomas The compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of… 1656
[author not specified] The compleat midwifes practice... 1656
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives 1656
Massaria Alessandro De morbis fœmineis, the womans counsellour: or, The feminine physitian. Modestly treating of such occult… 1657
Chamberlayne Thomas The compleat midwife’s practice enlarged, second edition corrected by R.C. I.D. M.S. T.B… 1659
Massaria Alessandro De morbis fœmineis, The womans counsellour: or, The feminine physitian, enlarged. Modestly treating of such… 1659