Fixing Women: The Birth of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Britain and America by Marcia D. Nichols, and: Baptism through Incision: The Postmortem Cesarean Operation in the Spanish Empire ed. by Martha Few, Zeb Tortorici, and Adam Warren (review).

  • Published In: Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2023, v. 56, n. 4. P. 624 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Alves, Kathleen 3 of 3

Abstract

Nichols traces how Bard's book evolved from a "patronizing guide" for female midwives to a "sophisticated textbook" for male medical students (11). Although more substantial connections between the I Treatise i and other rogue narratives would fully develop the interdisciplinary aims of this chapter, the examination of Smellie's rhetoric and form provides a more complicated picture of his investment in legitimizing male midwifery and how he projected himself as a public figure. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2023/07, Vol. 56, Issue 4, p624
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Science
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0013-2586
  • DOI:10.1353/ecs.2023.a900663
  • Accession Number:164584204
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