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Justine Siegemund

German midwife who wrote a book on midwifery

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born
1636
died
1705
age at death
68
known for
midwife, writer, gynecologist

1636 – 1705

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who justine siegemund is

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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