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• Contributions to the sociology of the Indian tribes of Ecuador; three essays (Åbo akademi, 1920), by Rafael Karsten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anjea; infanticide, abortion and contraception in savage society (W. Godwin, inc., 1931), by Herbert H. Aptekar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maternity and its rituals in Bang Chan. (Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University, 1963), by Jane Richardson Hanks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Wochenstube in der Kunst; eine kulturhistorische Studie. (Enke, 1904), by Robert Müllerheim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Előitéletek, népszokások és babonák a szülészet körében Magyarországon (Dobrowsky és Franke, 1899), by Rezső Temesváry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Couvade oder das sogenannte Männerkindbett. (Buchdr. von H. John, 1912), by Hugo Kunike (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Babylonisch-assyrische geburts-omina, zugleich ein beitrag zur geschichte der medizin (J. C. Hinrichs, 1914), by L. Dennefeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nozze Imbriani Rosnati (T. Nistri, 1878), by Alessandro D'Ancona and Michele Placucci (page images at HathiTrust)

• Labor Among Primitive Peoples, by George J. Engelmann (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
• Labor among primitive peoples, showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present. (Chambers, 1882), by George J. Engelmann (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• A Book for Midwives (revised edition, ca. 2005), by Susan Klein, Suellen Miller, and Fiona Thomson (PDF files at hesperian.org)
• Contributions to the sociology of the Indian tribes of Ecuador; three essays (Åbo akademi, 1920), by Rafael Karsten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Prenatal care. (Child Care Publishers, 1962), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prenatal care. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1973), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• The principles and practice of obstetrics. (W. B. Saunders, 1913), by Joseph B. De Lee and J. P. Greenhill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Having a baby. (Public Affairs Committee, 1952), by Ruth Carson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The customs of the Malay kings : especially concerning child birth ([Singapore] : [publisher not identified], 1837., 1837), by Munshi Abdullah (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the diseases of married females. : Disorders of pregnancy, parturition and lactation (Radde, [etc., etc.], 1854), by John C. Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Childbirth education booklet (Naval Hospital, 1986), by Richard Spinks and Bremerton Naval Hospital (Wash.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tsʻeghayin inkʻnapashtpanutʻiwn (Tpagr. A. Stepʻanean, 1921), by M. Zhamkochʻean (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Aristotles works containing the masterpiece : directions for midwives, counsel and advice to child-bearing women, with various useful remedies (Published for the Booksellers, in the 19th century), by pseud Aristotle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The anatomy of labour as studied in frozen sections, and its bearing on clinical work. (Johnston, 1899), by A. H. Freeland Barbour and M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago Stanton A. Friedberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Purity and truth (Vir, 1902), by Emma F. Angell Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Matʹ i diti͡a : gigīena v obshchedostupnom izlozhenīi (Izd. V.I. Gubinskago, 1906), by V. N. Zhuk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Doğururken ve doğurduktan sonra (Matbaa-yı Ahmet İhsan, 1902), by Besim Ömer Akalın (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Suite des observations sur les causes et les accidents de plusieurs accouchemens laborieux, avec des remarques sur ce qui a été proposé ou mis en usage pour les terminer ; et des nouveaux moyens pour y parveniz plús aisément. (Chez Delaguette, 1751), by A. Levret (page images at HathiTrust)
• Risālah-i janīn ; ʻAlāj al-ṣabyān (Maṭbaʻah-i Niẓāmī, 1866), by Ḥakīm Aṣghar Ḥusayn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preparing for motherhood : a guide for the expectant mother to her care and training (Macfadden Publications, Inc., 1923), by Bernarr Macfadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der geburtenrückgang in der Schweiz. Eine bevölkerungswissemschaftliche studie. ... (H.A. Gutzwiller, 1925), by Robert Schmid (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• First aid in childbirth and during infancy. (Butterworth, 1922), by Gertrude Jane Campbell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Advice to wives on the management of themselves: during the periods of pregnancy, labour, and suckling (D. Appleton, 1844), by Pye Henry Chavasse (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the care of the expectant mother during pregnancy and childbirth, and care of the child from birth until puberty. (Davis, 1903), by Winfred Lewis Howe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parturition without pain : a code of directions for escaping from the primal curse (M.L. Holbrook, 1880), by Clemence S. Lozier and M. L. Holbrook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Childbirth (H. G. Doggers, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual des accouchements et des maladies des femmes grosses et accouchées, contenant les soins à donner aux nouveaux-nés (G. Baillière, 1846), by Jean Marie Jacquemier (page images at HathiTrust)
• McGill obstetric note book (E. Renouf, 1896), by J. C. Cameron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preparation for motherhood (H. Altemus, 1896), by Elisabeth Robinson Scovil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pensieri giuridici. (A. Volpe, 1903), by Giovanni Dattino (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Painless childbirth; or Healthy mothers, and healthy children. A book for all women. (Baker, Jones & co., 1889), by John H. Dye (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storia comparata degli usi natalizi in Italia e presso gli altri popoli indo-europei (Forni Editore, 1969), by Angelo de Gubernatis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Conque va a ser un nuevo padre? (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Human Development, Office of Child Development, Children's Bureau : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prenatal care. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service/Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, Division of Maternal and Child Health ;, 1983), by United States. Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance. Division of Maternal and Child Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research Planning Workshop on Human Parturition : 1. An overview (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by John C. Porter, University of Texas at Dallas. Health Science Center, and Research Planning Workshop on Human Parturition (1975 : Dallas) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Völkerbrauch bei Hochzeit, Geburt und Tod : Beweis für die Einheit des Menschen-Geschlechtes und die Urheimat Asien (Huttler, 1891), by Johann Nepomuk Sepp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maternity statistical reports required of all institutions in Illinois that receive maternity cases. ([Springfield, Illinois] : State of Illinois Department of Public Health, 1943., 1943), by Illinois Department of Public Health (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition directory of educational materials. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1983), by Healthy Babies Coalition Healthy Mothers (page images at HathiTrust)

• Histoire anathomique d'un enfant qui a demeuré vingt-cinq ans dans le ventre de sa mère. English (London : Printed by Tho. James for Samuel Lee ..., 1680), by Monsieur de Blégny (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The birth of normal babies. (Twayne Publishers, 1958), by Lyon Peter Strean (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mitteilungen aus den Sitzungs-Protokollen, by Berlin Gesellschaft fuer Geburtshuelfe und Gynaekologie (page images at HathiTrust)

• Labor Among Primitive Peoples, by George J. Engelmann (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
• Labor among primitive peoples, showing the development of the obstetric science of to-day, from the natural and instinctive customs of all races, civilized and savage, past and present. (Chambers, 1882), by George J. Engelmann (page images at HathiTrust)

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