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Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher, 1938-

A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich - 1st ed - New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1990 - x, 444 p. : maps ; 22 cm

Cover title: Martha Ballard, her diary

Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-411) and index

Introduction: a great sea A going -- August 1787: Exceeding dangeroulsly ill -- September 1799: warpt a piece -- October 1789: Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men -- November 1792: Matrimonial writes -- December 1797: Birth 50. Birth 51 -- January 1796: find my house up in arms -- February 1801: A desection performed -- March 1804: what a scean had I to go at Evening -- April 1806: Polly Purington here -- May 1809: Workt in my gardin -- Epilogue -- Appendix: medicinal ingredients mentioned in Martha Ballard's diary

Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier

ISBN: 0394568443 9780394568447

LCCN: 89045273

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812
Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Midwives--Maine--Hallowell--Biography
Midwives--Maine--Augusta--Biography
Midwifery

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Hallowell (Me.)--Biography
Augusta (Me.)--Biography
Kennebec River Valley (Me.)--Social life and customs

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography

LC Class. No.: F29.H15 / U47 1990

Dewey Class. No.: 974.1/6 B

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WZ 100 / B189u 1990