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Williams Obstetrics, 23e
Chapter 1. Overview of Obstetrics
Sections: Overview of Obstetrics: Introduction, Vital Statistics, Pregnancy in the United States, Measures of Obstetrical Care, Timely Topics in Obstetrics, References.
Topics Discussed: obstetrics.
Excerpt:"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word obstetrics is defined as "that branch of medicine that deals with childbirth and the care and treatment of the mother before and after birth." Its derivation is from the Latin obstetrix, meaning midwife—from "mid"—with, and "wif"—meaning woman. Petraglia (2008) describes evidence of midwifery from records found in ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. The Egyptian Ebers Papyrus (1900 to 1550 BC) recognized midwifery as a female occupation concerned with obstetrics and gynecology, and specifically with the acceleration of parturition and the birth process. Petraglia further reports that midwifery services were described through the Middle Ages and into the 18th century, at which time the role of the surgeon superseded that of the midwife. It was at this time that medicine began to assert that its modern scientific processes were better for mothers and infants than those of folk-medical midwives...."
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