In ancient times, childbirth and early infancy were considered to be life threatening for both mother and the baby. In ancient Egypt, magic played a significant role in countering these threats, and was used to offset the evil that could hurt a mother and child. Amulets of Taweret (Egyptian...
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We aimed to review the different cases of maternal and fetal death in the ancient times. Methods. - A review of literature using Medline database and Google about mortality during pregnancy in Prehistory, Antiquity and middle age. The following key words were used: ancient times; paleopathology;...
Estimating Childbirth Deaths in PreshistoryFebruary 18, 2019 The role – and fate – of women in prehistory is set for renewed focus and better understanding following the development of a seemingly robust method of calculating rates of maternal mortality in ancient times... mothers...
摘要: The royal law forbids burying a woman who died pregnant until her offspring has been excisedfrom her; anyone who does otherwise is Ancient obstetric hazards and female mortality. A Caseof Maternal and Perinatal Death in Neolithic Southern Vietnam, c. 2100-1050 BCE....
Epstein's purpose in this volume is to explore the end results of intersections between medicine and society. One trend that Epstein documents, but does not comment on, is that maternity care practices are driven only partly by the practitioners; rather, childbearing women pushed for various ...
Maternal death was a common tragedy in older days. Death from childbirth remains fairly rare in the United States now and the rate of the maternal death in ...
Pregnancy and Childbirth for the Historical Author by Elena Greene, Kindle Bestselling author of Regency Romance including Lady Dearing's Masquerade, Romantic Times Book Club's Best Regency Romance of 2005
That does sound extreme, but the original context of these practices was in ancient times, when there was no heating, indoor plumbing, hair dryers, a constant supply of clean, heated running water, and other modern conveniences we enjoy today. ...
The Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine A distinguished anthropologist-who is also an initiated shaman-reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world's oldest form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition into this ancient tradition, ...