accoucheur

The professional accoucheur is unknown among Mahometans, who only engage midwives, these however being incredibly ignorant.

Memoirs of an Arabian Princess 1907

Ergot also had a history of medical use—as a labor-inducing drug that, according to one nineteenth-century physician, “expedites lingering parturition and saves to the accoucheur a considerable portion of time.”

MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

Of course superstition is at the bottom of this barbarity; the same which a generation ago made the silly accoucheur refuse to give ether because of the divine (?) saying “In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The physician and accoucheur assure us that Renee is now quite out of danger; and as she is proving an admirable nurse — Nature has endowed her so generously! — my father and I are able to give free rein to our joy.

Letters of Two Brides 2007

In the month of November 1820 I found means to persuade the best accoucheur in Paris to play the part of

Honorine 2007

In the month of November 1820 I found means to persuade the best accoucheur in Paris to play the part of

Honorine 2007

But we are certain of this, — that no one will raise a similar claim as against the herdsman, who is allowed on all hands to be the sole and only feeder and physician of his herd; he is also their match-maker and accoucheur; no one else knows that department of science.

The Statesman 2006

I am a country surgeon, and of course an accoucheur.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

Whereafter, running down to the sea, I pulled up my sleeves, and, on returning, embarked upon my role, of accoucheur.

Through Russia 2003

And midwifery, decency seems to allot to them, though I am afraid the word midwife, in our dictionaries, will soon give place to accoucheur, and one proof of the former delicacy of the sex be effaced from the language.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 2002