• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I: The Traditional Management of Birth 2. The Bodily Processes of Childbirth 3. The Practices of Midwives 4. Traditional Obstetric Surgery Part II: From Obstetric Surgery to Man-Midwifery 5. The Chamberlen Instruments and Their Sale 6. The Forceps Contested: The London Deventrians 7. The Impact of the Forceps Part III: Whig and Tory Men-Midwives 8. Conflict and Initiative in London, 1720-40 9. A New Synthesis: William Smellie 10. John Bamber, the Vectis, and the City of London 11. New Institutions: The London Lying-in Hospitals Part IV: The Man as Midwife 12. The Varieties of Man-Midwifery 13. William Hunter: The Man as Midwife 14. Two Female Cultures 15. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I: The Traditional Management of Birth 2. The Bodily Processes of Childbirth 3. The Practices of Midwives 4. Traditional Obstetric Surgery Part II: From Obstetric Surgery to Man-Midwifery 5. The Chamberlen Instruments and Their Sale 6. The Forceps Contested: The London Deventrians 7. The Impact of the Forceps Part III: Whig and Tory Men-Midwives 8. Conflict and Initiative in London, 1720-40 9. A New Synthesis: William Smellie 10. John Bamber, the Vectis, and the City of London 11. New Institutions: The London Lying-in Hospitals Part IV: The Man as Midwife 12. The Varieties of Man-Midwifery 13. William Hunter: The Man as Midwife 14. Two Female Cultures 15. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I: The Traditional Management of Birth 2. The Bodily Processes of Childbirth 3. The Practices of Midwives 4. Traditional Obstetric Surgery Part II: From Obstetric Surgery to Man-Midwifery 5. The Chamberlen Instruments and Their Sale 6. The Forceps Contested: The London Deventrians 7. The Impact of the Forceps Part III: Whig and Tory Men-Midwives 8. Conflict and Initiative in London, 1720-40 9. A New Synthesis: William Smellie 10. John Bamber, the Vectis, and the City of London 11. New Institutions: The London Lying-in Hospitals Part IV: The Man as Midwife 12. The Varieties of Man-Midwifery 13. William Hunter: The Man as Midwife 14. Two Female Cultures 15. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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