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The Renaissance man and his children : childbirth and early childhood in Florence 1300-1600 / Louis Haas.

Histoire et société. Modernités

Naître à l'hôpital au XIXe siècle / Scarlett Beauvalet-Boutouyrie.

xiv, 212 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy / Jacqueline Musacchio.

"We ought not to be inactive spectators" : physicians and childbirth in America, 1780-1840 / by Amy Suzanne Patterson.

Conceiving birth stories : the creation myths of literature and medicine / by Susan E. Hairston.

<p>Requirements of an ideal analgesic and the use of nitrous oxide and trichlorethlene in childbirth. A pregnant woman is shown on a hospital bed and the voice-over sets the tone for this medical information film, explaining that there are four key factors in seeking analgesia in childbirth; the mother remains conscious and co-operative, that there are good uterine contractions, the method is safe for mother and baby and respiration in the baby is not repressed. Reminding the viewer of the happy outcome of labour, the mother is shown with her new baby. With the use of graphics, the action of nitrous oxide inhalation, 'gas and air', is shown. The typical composition of a cylinder and how to ascertain the contents are then shown. The operation of different machines are graphically illustrated. The use of the ICI product Trilene (trichlorethlene) is explained. Trilene is administered by trained anaesthetists as it has a number of undesirable side-effects which are illustrated.  Various models and their mechanism are demonstrated. There is a sequence of ante-natal consultations with different patients to underline how important the selection of appropriate pain-relief is at this stage. The different stages of labour are explained and the appropriate application of analgesia; a happy woman is shown with her baby.</p>

1 film reel (18:00 mins) : sound, color, 16mm.

Relief of pain in childbirth.

456 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Histoire de naître : de l'enfantement primitif à l'accouchement médicalisé / Fernand Leroy ; préface d'Emile Papiernik.

xi, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Histoire curieuse et critique des postures de la femme en gésine / [René Giron].

xx , 376 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm

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The Renaissance man and his children : childbirth and early childhood in Florence 1300-1600 / Louis Haas.

Naître à l'hôpital au XIXe siècle / Scarlett Beauvalet-Boutouyrie.

The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy / Jacqueline Musacchio.

"We ought not to be inactive spectators" : physicians and childbirth in America, 1780-1840 / by Amy Suzanne Patterson.

Conceiving birth stories : the creation myths of literature and medicine / by Susan E. Hairston.

Relief of pain in childbirth.

Histoire de naître : de l'enfantement primitif à l'accouchement médicalisé / Fernand Leroy ; préface d'Emile Papiernik.

Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Histoire curieuse et critique des postures de la femme en gésine / [René Giron].

The story of childbirth / by Dr. Palmer Findley.

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The Renaissance man and his children : childbirth and early childhood in Florence 1300-1600 / Louis Haas.

Naître à l'hôpital au XIXe siècle / Scarlett Beauvalet-Boutouyrie.

The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy / Jacqueline Musacchio.

"We ought not to be inactive spectators" : physicians and childbirth in America, 1780-1840 / by Amy Suzanne Patterson.

Conceiving birth stories : the creation myths of literature and medicine / by Susan E. Hairston.

Relief of pain in childbirth.

Histoire de naître : de l'enfantement primitif à l'accouchement médicalisé / Fernand Leroy ; préface d'Emile Papiernik.

Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Histoire curieuse et critique des postures de la femme en gésine / [René Giron].

The story of childbirth / by Dr. Palmer Findley.

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