Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." —Stephen Lowman, Washington Post Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver—have mystified women and men throughout human history. The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the fringe of science. Here is an entertaining must-read—an enlightening celebration of human life. |
Contents
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Forceps Use from 1600s to 1800s | 17 |
Slave Womens Contribution to Gynecology | 35 |
Maternal Mortality into | 51 |
New Yorks LyingIn and the Growth | 63 |
Birth Is but a Sleep and Forgetting | 78 |
From KitchenTable Surgery to the Art of | 153 |
Freebirthers | 169 |
Womb with a View | 187 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank |
| Author | Randi Hutter Epstein |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0393079902, 9780393079906 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth Medical / Gynecology & Obstetrics Medical / History Science / History |
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