The midwives of seventeenth-century London (Record no. 82391)
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| fixed length control field | 01534cam a2200229 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0521661072 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0521661072 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Evenden, D. |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The midwives of seventeenth-century London |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 260; ill.,bibls.; BookFind |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge history of medicine |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ecclesiastical licensing of midwives; pre-licensed experience; mothers and midwives; a social and economic profile of London midwives; midwives of 12 London parishes - a socioeconomic case study. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Hardback |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This book constitutes a comprehensive and detailed study of early modern midwives in 17th-century London. Until quite recently, midwives, as a group, have been dismissed by historians as being inadequately educated and trained for the task of child delivery. This work rejects these claims by exploring the midwives' training and their licensing in an unofficial apprenticeship by the Church. The author also offers an depiction of the midwives in their socioeconomic context by examining a wide range of 17th-century sources. This study not only recovers the names of almost 1000 women who worked as midwives in the 12 London parishes, but also brings to light details about their spouses, their families and their associates. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | ENGLAND |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6058 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | HISTORY OF MEDICINE |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | MIDWIFERY, history |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | OBSTETRICS, history |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Shelves | 10/07/2006 | WQ 11 EVE | HOM0030 | 29/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Book |