For anyone in our part of the world, we have both "The King's Midwife" and
Jacques Gelis "History of Childbirth"...
Jan Cornfoot, Brisbane, Australia
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> I' m sorry for being so late to send my message concerning the Nina
> Rattner Gelbart's book "The king's midwife".
> Jacques GELIS (a French author) has written a book in 1988 "La sage-femme
> ou le médecin - une nouvelle conception de la vie" (The midwife or the
> doctor - a new concept of life). In his book he wrote a lot about Madame
> Du Coudray, her life, her work, her mission. He mentioned her complete
> name, her date of birth and her several journeys across France.
> Among the Frenchspeaking miwifes Madame Du Coudray is well known. All the
> data concerning this wonderful woman are available in "les Archives
> Nationales in Paris - France".
> Hereby you will find the complete data concerning the Jacques Gélis' book
> :
> La sage-femme ou le médecin
> Une nouvelle conception de la vie
> Fayard 1988.
>
> Mireille WAGELMANS - Belgium.
>
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