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One of the
early London teachers of midwives, Scotsman John Maubray died in 1732,
eight years after his book The Female Physician was published.
Maubray and a group of other London man-midwives followed the ideas of
a surgeon from the Netherlands, Hendrik van Deventer (1651-1724). Deventer's
wife was a midwife, and he promoted methods to adjust the presentation
of the fetus or increase the size of the birth canal, rather than use
forceps in difficult deliveries. |
Questions to ask these pages: 1. According to Maubray, who were the best birth assistants? 2. What knowledge, according to Maubray, led to the perfection of the art of birth assistance?
Questions to ask the book: 1. What practice
associated with man-midwives did Maubray discourage? 2. How did Maubray
characterize ordinary midwives, as opposed to extraordinary ones? |
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