Speaking of pregnancy competing truthclaims
There have been several historical studies of the emergence of the man-midwife, or accoucheur, in the eighteenth century and of the gradual supplanting of the female midwife, first in upper-class and then in middle-class households.1 However, the main focus of such accounts has been the struggle over the management of childbirth and the use - and alleged abuse - of obstetric instruments. The debate between midwives and accoucheurs over the management of pregnancy has received less attention....