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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
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives 1684
[author not specified] Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The secrets of generation... 1684
Massaria Alessandro De morbis fœmineis, The womans counsellour: or, The feminine physitian, enlarged. Modestly treating of such… 1686
[author not specified] Aristotle’s compleat master-piece 1690
[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... 1692
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives 1693
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1694
MacMath James The expert mid-wife: a treatise of the diseases of women with child, and in… 1694
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1695
Mauriceau Francois The diseases of women with child, and in child-bed; as also the best means… 1696
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece compleated 1697
Mauriceau Francois The diseases of women with child, and in child-bed: as also the best means… 1697
Chamberlayne Thomas The compleat midwife’s practice enlarged 1697
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master piece compleated, in two parts 1698
Chamberlayne Thomas The compleat midwife’s practice enlarged, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth… 1698
Chamberlayne Thomas The compleat midwife’s practice enlarged 1699
Barret Robert A companion for midwives, child-bearing women, and nurses 1699
[author not specified] Aristotle’s manual of choice secrets 1699
[author not specified] Aristotle’s compleat and experienc’d midwife 1700
Culpeper Nicholas A directory for midwives: or, A guide for women, in their conception, bearing, and suckling… 1700
[author not specified] Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed... 1700