man-midwiferyn.
/ˌmanmɪdˈwɪf(ə)ri/, /ˌmanˈmɪdwɪf(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmænˈmɪdˌwaɪf(ə)ri/ Now historical.
The practice or occupation of a man-midwife. Also figurative.
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midwifery?c1475
obstetricationa1631
man-midwifery1681
obstetrics1813
tocology1828
obstetricy1834
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 3 May 2/2 Jest... But you promised me I should see Mr. Character brought to bed. Earn. That you shall presently of a Premunire at least, by the help of his own man-midwifery.
1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 16 A Quack (too scandalously Mean to Name) Had, by Man-Midwifery, got Wealth, and Fame.
1764 P. Thicknesse (title) Man-Midwifery analysed: and the tendency of that practice detected and exposed.
1793 ‘J. Blunt’ (title) Man-Midwifery Dissected; or, the Obstetric family-instructor. For the use of married couples, and single adults of both sexes .
1830 (title) An important address to wives & mothers, on the dangers and immorality of man-midwifery.
1881 C. Fuhrer Mysteries of Montreal 7 A practice so revolting, so contrary to all ideas of morality and refinement as is the system of man-midwifery so widely practiced in the United States.
1979 Amer. Hist. Rev. 84 245/2 Jane Donegan's Women and Men Midwives focuses on the nineteenth-century American debate over man midwifery.
1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind x. 274 He trained many of the surgeon-obstetricians who were to introduce man-midwifery into town and country practices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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