“Mother and Child Were Saved” The memoirs (1693-1740) of the Frisian midwife Catharina Schrader

Paperback. 1987.

“Mother and Child were Saved” features a translation of the memoirs that Frisian midwife, Catharina Schrader had written in the late 17th and the early 18th centuries. These were extracted from her notes that documented almost 3000 deliveries over the course of Schrader’s career as a midwife.

Translated and annotated by Hilary Marland.