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Doing history
- Book reviews
- Work in progress
Thesis abstracts
- Function of the pelvis: Janette Allotey
- From ritual to regulation?: Anne Cameron
- Puerperal fever controversies: Christine Hallett
- Modernising midwifery: Aya Homei
- ‘A price must be paid for motherhood’: Tania McIntosh
- Obstetric ultrasound technology in Scotland: Debbie Nicholson
- Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital: Alison Nuttall
- Scottish midwives 1916-1983: Lindsay Reid
Recent publications
James Young Simpson: Lad o pairts - Alison Nuttall and Rosemary Mander, eds. (2011)
Birthing bodies in early modern France: stories of gender and reproduction – Kirk D Read (2011)
Midwifery in Scotland: a history - Lindsay Reid (2011)
The birth of mankind: otherwise named, the woman’s book – Elaine Hobby, ed. (2009)
The midwives book 1540 -1720: the early-modern British sex manual – Elaine Hobby (2009) out of print
Scottish midwives: twentieth-century voices, 2nd ed - Lindsay Reid (2008)
Midwifery, obstetrics and the rise of gynaecology: women and gender in the early modern world – Helen King (2008)
Work in progress
- Can also be featured on the Blog page
Oral history
Midwifery education
Archives
- Wellcome Library sources guides:
Birth control
Nursing, midwifery and health visiting
Women’s health since 1900
- De Partu register of midwives pre-1902 (updated August 2011 - member access only – see Members’ area)
Museums and exhibitions
Organisations and societies
- UK
- International
Other
- Image collections
British Pathé
Wellcome Images
Wellcome Film
- Key documents / primary sources
The office of midwife – some historical background – Jean Donnison (2008)
Neonatology on the web: classic articles and books – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Bibliographies
Midwives and midwifery - UKCHNM – pending review
Select bibliography on twentieth-century midwifery history – Tania McIntosh