Midwifery in Bengal, c.1860–1947
by
Ambalika Guha
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
The subject of medicalisation of childbirth in colonial India has so far been identified with three major themes: the attempt to reform or ‘sanitise’ the site of birthing practices, establishing lying-in hospitals and replacing traditional birth attendants with trained midwives and qualified female...