obstetrix

Although the term obstetrix here seems to have applied to female medical practitioners in general, it also more often specifically denoted a woman who assisted pregnant women. back

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

Later in the same chapter (p. 76), Thomas made another reference to the inaccessibility of midwives (si obstetrix gnara scientie obstetricandi inventa non fuerit) and provided advice on how to handle difficult births, suggesting that pepper be placed near the mother's mouth and nose in order to induce sneezing. back

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

Fuit autem, ea pariente, unus dedit manum, et accepit obstetrix, et ligavit ad manum ejus coccinum, dicendo, Iste egressus est prior.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

Guit autem, ea difficultatem patiente dum pareret, dixit ei obstetrix, Ne timeas, wuia etiam iste tibi filius.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

Malpositions are to be corrected by the hand of the midwife (_obstetrix_).

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Qui tu scis? an tu fortasse fuisti meae matri obstetrix, qui id tam audacter dicere audes?

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

She was soon afterwards delivered of a son, who died immediately, quod obstetrix corrupta mercede, mox natum praesecto plusquam convenerat umbilico necavit.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765

She was soon afterwards delivered of a son, who died immediately, quod obstetrix corrupta mercede, mox natum praesecto plusquam convenerat umbilico necavit.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206