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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Die Chur-Brandenburgische Hoff-Wehe-Mutter.

Cölln an der Spree: U. Liebperten, 1690.

With Mauriceau, Justine Siegemundin was responsible for introducing the practice of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest hemorrhage in placenta praevia. She was midwife to the Court of the Elector of Brandenburg, and the most celebrated of the German midwives of the 17th century.
Translated into English by Lynne Tatlock as The court midwife (Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 2005.)

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6149
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/7712
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLdie-churbrandenburgische-hoffwehemutter

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cölln an der Spree

Mentioned in annotation: Chicago & London; Chicago