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Post by hamilton on Nov 6, 2011 1:44:13 GMT -5
In the home, women tended their own children and attended at the births of other children. In a time before hospitals, everyone could benefit from some knowledge of first aid and midwifery.
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Post by kanimozhi143 on Nov 6, 2011 4:08:32 GMT -5
Before the 19th Century, nursing was just another daily chore or duty of women folk. Whether in the home or in the street, women have always used their nurturing dispositions and instinctive nursing and healing abilities to comfort, and in some cases cure, the sick and injured.
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