Midwifery and Medicine in Early Modern France: Louise Bourgeois

by Louise Bourgeois and Wendy Perkins

Louise Bourgeois was midwife to Maria of Medici, Queen of France, from 1601 to 1609, and the first woman in modern times to write about what she calls her "art". This book gives an account of her life, and then goes on to analyse her theories about the workings of the human body in her own particular sphere, before concentrating on her advice about handling the delivery of a child (especially where it was problematic), her relationships with her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859894711
• ISBN13: 9780859894715
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"