INTRODUCTION TO MIDWIFERY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH.

Institution University
Course BACHELOR OF SCIENCE...
Year 1st Year
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The seeds of midwifery were slow to grow, but they proved to be persistent. Midwife is derived from middle English ‘mitwif’ -‘with woman’. Formal education was not done for midwives but they were women who had experiences on childbirth. Technical and magical aspects of midwifery existed in ancient times15th and 16th century, midwives were burnt due to people’s perception of them being companions of the devil
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Anatomy of head and neck
The head is the globular cranial end of the body, which contains brain and special sense organs, viz. eyes for vision, ears for hearing and equilibrium, nose for smell, and tongue for taste. It also provides openings for the respiratory and digestive systems. Structurally and developmentally, the head is divided into two parts: cranium and face.
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