The Midwives Book

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The Midwives Book is written by Jane Sharp and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199774528 (ISBN 10) and 9780199774524 (ISBN 13).

When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.