Midwives and medical men in the Cape Colony before 1860.

Focuses on the history of midwifery and physicians at the Cape Colony, with emphasis on the increasing interest being made on social history of medicine, abortion, rape and infanticide and motherhood in South Africa. Details on the social acceptance of midwifery; Reference to the relationship between midwives and accoucheurs, man-midwives in Europe; Information on the power relations between male and female birth attendants.