The Midwife
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From the 1920s on, women in big cities have had "a new way to deliver a child", namely, delivering the child by a doctor from the obstetrics and gynaecology department either in hospital or by asking a doctor to come to their house. The old midwifery practice, handed down from thousands of years, was usually done by middle- or old age women. It requires some skills, but relying solely on two hands, the midwife would usually have no way out when dystocia occurs; and as the old practice was not careful about sterilization, it was not unusual that the lying-in woman and new-born baby would have some sequela. During the 1930s, the bureaus of public health in big cities like Shanghai used to clamp down private midwifery practice. However, as it influenced some people's livelihood, the training class was established to teach the midwives the scientific way of delivering a baby, and the certificate of competency would be issued when the training was completed. Therefore, some midwives would hang at their door a board stating "New Way of Midwifery", which could be counted as a new trade. |
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