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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
[author not specified] Aristotle’s compleat and experienc’d midwife 1700
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master piece compleated, in two parts 1698
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1692
[author not specified] Aristoteles master-piece, or The secrets of generation... 1684
[author not specified] Aristotle’s compleat master-piece 1690
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece compleated 1697
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1690
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1695
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1700
[author not specified] Aristotle’s manual of choice secrets 1699
[author not specified] Every woman her own midwife 1675
[author not specified] The English midwife enlarged 1682
[author not specified] The compleat midwifes practice... 1656
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1694
[author not specified] Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The secrets of generation... 1684
[author not specified] Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The secrets of generation... 1684
[author not specified] The English midwife enlarged, containing directions to midwives; wherein is laid down whatever is most… 1682
Wolveridge James Speculum matricis hybernicum; or, The Irish midwives handmaid. Catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. With… 1670
Wolveridge James Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with… 1664
Wolveridge James Speculum matricis; or, the expert midwives handmaid. Catechistically composed, by James Wolveridge, M.D. with a… 1671
Sharp Jane The midwives book. Or the whole art of midwifry discovered. Directing childbearing women how to… 1671
Sermon William The ladies companion, or, The English midwife. Wherein is demonstrated, the manner and order how… 1671
Rueff Jakob The expert midwife, or An excellent and most necessary treatise of the generation and birth… 1637
Rosslin Eucharius The birth of mankind, otherwise called, The womans book. Or, A guide for vvomen, in… 1654
Roeslin Eucharius The byrth of mankynde, newly translated out of Laten into Englysshe. In the which is… 1540
Roeslin Eucharius The birth of mankind. "Fourth" edition.may be a ghost… 1654
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