This is a book first published in the 1950's by a famous obstetrician who published this work under the pseudonym of Harvey Graham. This is a book from the male perspective and as such traces a line through history by documenting the wonderful accomplishments of men in the world of gynecology and obstetrics. I'm reading it anyway because thus far I have found it very difficult to find books that document birth before the 15th-16th centuries. So I have been trying to read between the lines a bit for the information I am interested in gleaning from the past. This book is almost 700 pages long-- at which writing I have read about 200 pages. I experienced a bit of childbirth reading burnout by the fall of 2019 so this one continues on through 2020 and for the record--midway through 2021 it lingers still. I am experiencing an extreme burnout about birth--and the pandemic didn't help matters.
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