This chapter discusses birthing stools, eaglestones, childbirth linen, medications, and iron instruments used to facilitate childbirth in early modern England.<p></p>
History
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Social Sciences and Humanities
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English
Published in
Maternal Materialities: Objects, Rituals and Material Evidence of Medieval and Early Modern Childbirth
This book chapter was accepted for publication in the book Maternal Materialities: Objects, Rituals and Material Evidence of Medieval and Early Modern Childbirth. The publisher's website is at: https://www.brepols.net/