![]() This lithograph illustration made in 1892, depicts imagined events during the Salem Witch Trials. United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division. ![]() A moment in their history that is perhaps lesser-known, is the involvement of female healers and midwives in the European Witch Trials.īaker, Joseph E., “The witch no. However, midwives were not always granted this degree of respect. ![]() Depending on the culture and the time period, midwives were treated in different ways – sometimes working in temples, and often recognized as a legitimate occupation (Brooke). Labor was historically assumed to be a woman’s problem, and thus was attended to by female midwives (Brooke). For most of history, birth was not so male-centric. The lack of women present in these birth scenes is indicative of the time period of the paintings. The paintings are densely populated, but only three of the figures depicted are women two patients and one nurse or midwife. The images are bloody, busy, and they certainly communicate the danger involved in early obstetric procedures. ![]() ![]() In our Obstetrics and Gynecology exhibit, many visitors are drawn to the large murals. International Museum of Surgical Science Collection. Ramirez, Eduardo, Colombian Surgery: Ovariectomy, 1954. ![]()
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