Museum object · Books and Published Materials
Manual for Midwives
ca. 1950
Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
58 page illustrated manual written by Dr. Felix J. Underwood for midwife practitioners in its original wrappers.The mustard-colored cover features a black and white photograph of an unidentified woman in a white nurse's uniform standing with a medical bag in her left hand.
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Catalog reference: 2012.46.48.1
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