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Obstetrics is a medical/surgical specialty concerned with the care of women from pregnancy until after delivery.
The medical care of pregnant women (obstetrics) and of female genital diseases (gynecology) developed along different historical paths. Obstetrics had for a long time been the province of female midwives , but in the 17th century, European physicians began to attend on normal deliveries of royal and aristocratic families; from that beginning, the practice grew and spread to the middle classes. The invention of the forceps used in delivery, the introduction of anesthesia, and Ignaz Semmelweis's discovery of the cause of puerperal (“childbed”) fever and his introduction of antiseptic methods in the delivery room were all major advances in obstetrical practice. Asepsis in turn made cesarean section, in which the infant is delivered through an incision in the mother’s uterus and abdominal wall, a feasible surgical alternative to natural childbirth. By the early 19th century, obstetrics had become established as a recognized medical discipline in Europe and the United States.
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2018, December 7). Obstetrics and gynecology. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/obstetrics
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Abortion Care As Moral Work by 
Cancer and Pregnancy by 
Challenges in Older Women's Health by 
Covid Babies by 
Critical Care Obstetrics by 
Dewhurst's Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology by 
Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology by 
Handbook of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies by 
The Johns Hopkins Manual of Gynecology and Obstetrics by 
Obstetrics: Maternal-Fetal Medicine by 
PCEP Book 1: Maternal and Fetal Evaluation and Immediate Newborn Care by Stay connected!
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