This material was first posted in daily segments over the first 12 days of April 2016.
However, several readers asked that I post a single link so they can scroll through the chronological comments without having to hunt through many different posts.
So here is Part 1: “Historical and contemporary comments by physicians about midwives ~ 1820 to 2014″
And here also is part 2: (still a work-n-progress), currently titled: Midwifery Defined ~ Evolution of birth practices illustrated in birth images
Enjoy!
PS: email me at my name (faithgibson) at mac dot com if you have any graphics or photos that you believe would be useful in graphically demonstrating the historical evolution of childbirth practices, from normal birth to the current highly medicalized version that is considered to the ‘standard practice’ in institutional settings.
