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The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray
The King's Midwife A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray
Author: Nina Rattner Gelbart
This unorthodox biography explores the life of an extraordinary Enlightenment woman who, by sheer force of character, parlayed a skill in midwifery into a national institution. In 1759, in an effort to end infant mortality, Louis XV commissioned Madame Anglique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray to travel throughout France teaching the ar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520221574
ISBN-10: 0520221575
Publication Date: 11/10/1999
Pages: 360
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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