Teaching of midwifery in Malta at the beginning of the nineteenth century

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Title:	Teaching of midwifery in Malta at the beginning of the nineteenth century
Authors:	Cassar, Paul
Keywords:	Midwifery -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Obstetrics -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Childbirth -- Malta -- History -- 19th century Midwifery -- Education -- Malta
Issue Date:	1973
Publisher:	The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette
Citation:	Cassar, P. (1973). Teaching of midwifery in Malta at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 8(2), 91-111.
Abstract:	The British Medical Association (Malta Branch) prize in the medical essay competition for 1972 was awarded to Dr. Paul Cassar for this paper. The author came across a document which not only confirms that midwifery was being taught to medical students in the very early years of the 19th century but which also gives us a picture of the state of midwifery at that period. The discovery of this document is worth recording as it furnishes us with the earliest "textbook" of midwifery known to have been used in our medical school. The subject matter covers the different aspects of obstetrics very comprehensively. The author of this “textbook” was Dr. Francesco Buttigieg. It is intended, in this paper, to present a general idea of the basic teaching of Dr. F. Buttigieg and to consider in detail some of the more salient points dealt with by him.
URI:	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15325
Appears in Collections:	TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2

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