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No pain relief, no safety: The brutal reality of medieval birth
In the Middle Ages, childbirth was one of the most dangerous moments in a woman’s life. With no real medicine, no anesthesia, ...
Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection at London’s Wellcome Collection is a small but quietly powerful exhibition. Spanning five centuries, it explores how the experience of bringing life into the ...
This blog post is authored by Mary Morse, author of MIP's English Birth Girdles: Devotions for Woman in "Travell of Childe." Mary Morse specializes in medieval women’s devotional and childbirth ...
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