A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 /

A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.

Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : A Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ballard, Martha, > 1735-1812.
Midwives > Maine > Hallowell > Biography.
Midwives > Maine > Augusta > Biography.
Simmons University authors. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher.
Hallowell (Me.) > Biography.
Augusta (Me.) > Biography.
Kennebec River Valley (Me.) > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a great sea A going
  • August 1787: Exceeding dangeroulsly ill
  • September 1799: warpt a piece
  • October 1789: Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men
  • November 1792: Matrimonial writes
  • December 1797: Birth 50. Birth 51
  • January 1796: find my house up in arms
  • February 1801: A desection performed
  • March 1804: what a scean had I to go at Evening
  • April 1806: Polly Purington here
  • May 1809: Workt in my gardin
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: medicinal ingredients mentioned in Martha Ballard's diary.

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