Charlotte G Borst, Catching babies: the professionalization of childbirth, 1870–1920, Cambridge, Mass., and London, Harvard University Press, 1995, pp. xi, 254, £25.50 (0-674-10262-2).

Lara Marks

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Charlotte G Borst, Catching babies: the professionalization of childbirth, 1870–1920, Cambridge, Mass., and London, Harvard University Press, 1995, pp. xi, 254, £25.50 (0-674-10262-2).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 231 - 232

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