Woman: An Historical Gynæcological and Anthropological Compendium

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Butterworth-Heinemann, 12.05.2014 - 552 Seiten
Woman: An Historical Gynælogical and Anthropological Compendium, Volume Three provides information pertinent to the obstruction in the normal process of labor. This book discusses the various ways and treatment, the obligations and duties of women among the different nations and races. Organized into 21 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the physical condition of women in child birth. This text then discusses the mechanical aids designed to hasten delivery and explains the external manipulations to bring about a normal presentation of the child. Other chapters provide a discussion of woman's milk as a medicine, especially for consumption. This book discusses as well the mutual relationship between grandmothers and their grandchildren. The final chapter deals with displayed special manners, customs, and superstitions at the death of a person who has remained unmarried, or of a woman who has died during pregnancy, in labor, or in childbed. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists.
 

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CHAPTER XII UNUSUAL USE OF WOMANS MILK
233
CHAPTER XIII WOMAN IN RELATION TO THE NEXT GENERATION
245
CHAPTER XIV THE MATURE WOMAN IN A STATE OF CELIBACY
257
CHAPTER XV WOMAN AS SAINT
266
CHAPTER XVI THE WIDOW
300
CHAPTER XVII THE MENOPAUSE OR CLIMACTERIC
330
CHAPTER XVIII WOMAN AS GRANDMOTHER
352
CHAPTER XIX WOMAN IN OLD AGE
361

CHAPTER IX THE CEREMONIAL SYMBOLISM AND MYSTICISM OF THE PUERPERIUM
138
CHAPTER X LACTATION
173
CHAPTER XI THE FEMALE BREAST IN CUSTOM AND TRADITION
217
CHAPTER XX WOMAN IN DEATH
370
CHAPTER XXI WOMAN AFTER DEATH SUPERSTITIONS
404
SHORTTITLE LIST OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED
435

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