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Die Konigl. Preussische und Chur-Brandenb. Hof-Wehe-Mutter
Berlyn, zu finden bey Christian Freidrich Voss, 1756."With Mauriceau, Justine Siegemundin was responsible for introducing the practice of puncturing the amniotic sac to arrest haemorrhage in placenta praevia. She was midwife to the Court of Elector of Brandenburg, and the most celebrated of the German midwives of the 17th century" (Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman)..
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