Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank
Apr 2011 · W. W. Norton & Company
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"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." —Stephen Lowman, Washington Post
Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver—have mystified women and men throughout human history. The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the fringe of science. Here is an entertaining must-read—an enlightening celebration of human life.
"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." —Stephen Lowman, Washington Post
Making and having babies—what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver—have mystified women and men throughout human history. The insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, ...
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Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH, is the writer in residence and director of the writing concentration at Yale School of Medicine’s Program for Humanities in Medicine. The author of Aroused, a history of hormones, and Get Me Out, a history of childbirth, she lives in New York City with her husband and has four grown children.
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH, is the writer in residence and director of the writing concentration at Yale School of Medicine’s Program for Humanities in Medicine. The author of Aroused, a history of hormones, and Get Me Out, a history of childbirth, she lives in New York City with her husband a...
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