The history of childbirth: Women and doctors in the lying-in hospital of Göttingen University, eighteenth – nineteenth century

The case of Göttingen is a clear example of how crucial the maternity hospital was in Germany, both for the emergence of man-midwifery and for turning midwifery into a ‘science’. In this regard, the Göttingen case is clearly closer to the conventional wisdom about the role of lying-in hospitals tha...

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Main Author: Jürgen Schlumbohm
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: University of Pardubice 2008-01-01
Series:Theatrum Historiae
Online Access:https://theatrum.upce.cz/index.php/theatrum/article/view/1812
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