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Justine Siegemund

Justine Siegemund
Justine Siegemundin
Justine Siegemundin
Born
Justine Diettrich

(1636-12-26)26 December 1636
Rohnstock, Lower Silesia
(now Roztoka, Poland)
Died10 November 1705(1705-11-10) (aged 68)
NationalityGerman-Silesian
OccupationMidwife
Known forThe Court Midwife (1690)
SpouseChristian Siegemund
ChildrenNone

Justine Siegemund, or Siegemundin,[note 1] (born Justine Diettrich; 26 December 1636 – 10 November 1705) was a Silesian midwife. Her obstetrical book, The Court Midwife (1690), was the first German medical text written by a woman.[1][2]


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  1. ^ Blum, Nava; Lane, Hilary J.; Fee, Elizabeth (January 2010). "Justina Siegemund and the Art of Midwifery". American Journal of Public Health. 100 (1): 68–69. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.171371. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 2791243. PMID 19910341.
  2. ^ Stéphanie Chapuis-Després (12 March 2015). "La sage-femme aux petites mains | Prendre corps". corpsgir.hypotheses.org. doi:10.58079/n63n. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

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