Helen King, Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology: the uses of a sixteenth-century compendium, Women and Gender in the Early Modern World series, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, pp. x, 228 illus. £55.00 (hardback 978-0-7546-5396-7).

Elaine Leong

doi:10.1017/S0025727300000582

Helen King, Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology: the uses of a sixteenth-century compendium, Women and Gender in the Early Modern World series, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, pp. x, 228 illus. £55.00 (hardback 978-0-7546-5396-7).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 591 - 592

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Helen King, Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology: the uses of a sixteenth-century compendium, Women and Gender in the Early Modern World series, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, pp. x, 228 illus. £55.00 (hardback 978-0-7546-5396-7).

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