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Abstract
Obstetrics is one of the oldest arts practiced by mankind as it is vitally concerned with the perpetuation of the race. To the modern mother, a pregnancy is far removed from the conditions in the dark ages, fraught with uncertainty and justified apprehension. Today's baby's chances of emerging from the hazardous and neonatal period to enjoy a long, full and healthy life so far exceed those of the babies of a century ago. As to scarcely allow for comparison. The object of this paper is to show the part that women have played in the advancement of obstetrics by their work in the field of midwifery.