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AYIT Part 3: Maternal Mortality in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian period

Mar 14, 2022 · 14 min read · 1800s 1889 1890 Edward Wadswrth William Farr Alexander Gordon Oliver Wendell-Holmes Ignaz Semmelweis Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Janet Campbell Leonard Findlay Church of England Kings College Lying-in Maternal Mortality Puerperal Fever haemorrhage Toxaemia Rickets Rotunda Ireland Dublin Herford Glasgow Scotland Pontypridd Wales Rhonda Valley Victorian Era Edwardian Era Hygeine Medical Care Nutrition Maternal Mortality Rate ·
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Figure 1. Victorian Cabinet Memoriam Card, Authors Collection Introduction In part 2, we looked at the state of midwifery in the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century, a practice that was being hamstrung by both the tripartite of the medical profession and by contemporary attitudes towards women. In this article we …

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AYIT Part 2: A Brief Overview of the state of Midwifery in the 1800s

Dec 7, 2021 · 14 min read · 1800s 1700s Maternal Mortality Infant Mortality Midwifery Health of the Nation Sarah Stone Birth Irvine Loudon midwives Royal College of Surgeons 1825 Sairey Gamp The Society of Apothecaries The College of Physcians 1902 Midwives act 1852 1872 1858 Obstetrical Society Sarah Fox Margaret Brazier Lying-in Dr William Farr Ladies Medical College Florence Nigthingale Lord Shaftsbury Regulation Midwives Act Women's Health ·
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Figure 1. Photograph of Mrs Mcdonald, a midwife in Argyll, c1866. © National Records of Scotland(GD1/1208/1/52). Martha used to come, the midwife. She wasn't certified or anything, but she was one of the good old midwives and it was only a few shillings for a confinement. I've heard m'mother say that she used to give …

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