History and biography

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

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, The Cambridge History of Medicine surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present.

Childbirth Across Cultures explores the childbirth process through globally diverse perspectives to offer a broader context with which to think about birth. It addresses multiple rituals and management models surrounding the labor and birth process from communities across the globe.

This is a study of fetal health from the seventeenth century to the present day. It is the first book to offer a historical perspective on the subject and to combine both medical history and epidemiological and demographic research, using long-term and comparative perspectives, including a strong international comparative element, across both Europe and North America. The book provides an account of how fetal health and the risks facing the unborn (miscarriages, abortions, stillbirths, etc) have changed, but it also offers an interpretation of the causes, one that focuses on the role of obstetrics and the epidemiology of maternal infections.

This biography is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a great man in a deft and vivid portrait.

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This book, written by a Past President of the RCOG, tells the story of the development of childbearing since 1540.

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The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads and fables, and to the fringe of science.

This fascinating account follows the history of Harley Street, with notes on some of the famous (or infamous) people, lay or medical, who lived either in the street or nearby.

This biography is a lively personal memoir written by two men who were colleagues and friends of Ian Donald for more than thirty years.

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The Gynaeciorum libri, the 'Books on [the diseases of] women,' a compendium of ancient and contemporary texts on gynaecology, is the inspiration for this intensive exploration of the origins of a subfield of medicine.

This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of early modern midwives in seventeenth-century London.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: A History and Iconography is the revised edition of Iconographia Gyniatrica, the first comprehensive attempt to record the history of obstetrics and gynecology through pictures.

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Few specialties have a longer or richer eponymous background than obstetrics and gynaecology. This collection provides an introductory profile of some of the more significant and fascinating characters in whose steps we follow.

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This book is an account of the history of a hospital that has played a notable part in the progress of the field of obstetrics.

This is a very readable and comprehensive historical account of the development of resuscitation techniques by great medical figures over the last two thousand years.

Much that is now accepted as normal good practice was pioneered by Professor William Nixon and today’s management of pregnant women and their babies stems from his work.

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This is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks, the history of London and of course, medicine.