The Art of Midwifery is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work across Europe in the e...

Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nin...

Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, 'Illness a...

First published in 1992, this book explores the efforts to counteract the high maternal and infan...

'Midwives, Society and Childbirth' examines midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twenti...

This ambitious book presents an across-the-board study of medicine, in any urban centre, for any ...

The first historical study to offer an in-depth exploration of the complex relationship between t...

A major study into mental disorder in English and Irish prisons between 1840 and 1900, Disorder C...

Drawing on a vast range of archival material from six countries, the contributors show the divers...