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Justine Siegemund

German midwife who wrote a book on midwifery · Writers · Lived 1636 to 1705 · aged 68

Justine Siegemund, or Siegemundin, was a Silesian midwife. Her obstetrical book, The Court Midwife (1690), was the first German medical text written by a woman.

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1636 to 1705 · aged 68