Birth - A History

Cassidy - Birth - A History
£12.99
£12.99
Authors/editors: Tina Cassidy
ISBN: 978-0-701-18119-2
Page count: 312
Publisher: Random House
Publication year: 2007

This title is a lively and easy to read history of child-bearing from pre-historic times through to the modern methods used today.

Table of contents:
  1. In the Beginning
  2. Evolution of the Female Body
  3. Midwives Throughout Time
  4. The Hut, the Home, and the Hospital
  5. Pain Relief
  6. The Caesarean Section
  7. The Dawn of Doctors
  8. Tools and Fads
  9. A Father's Place
  10. The Postpartum Period
  11. In the End
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. Appendix
  14. Notes
  15. Note on Sources
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index

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