Today’s Google Doodle is dedicated to an influential figure in the field of obstetrics.
Justine Siegemund has changed the perception of midwives in Central Europe. Your Google Doodle can be seen in America, UK, Germany, Iceland and Greece.
What is the Google Doodle celebrating?
Google says: “Today’s doodle is dedicated to Justine Siegemund, the midwife who dared to challenge 17th-century patriarchal attitudes. She was the first person in Germany to write a book about midwifery from a female point of view. On this day in 1690, the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt ratified their book, forensic midwifeas the official medical textbook. At a time when few women had access to formal education, Siegemund became the first woman to publish a groundbreaking medical text in German.”
Doodle shows how she paints her most famous works, as well as images of pregnant anatomy.
Who is Justine Sigmund?
The website goes on to say: “Siegemund was born in 1636 in Ronstock, Lower Silesia. As a young woman, she had uterine prolapse, which misinformed midwives mistook for pregnancy. This disappointing experience inspired her to become a midwife herself and improve midwifery education.
“After her internship, Siegemund began her career as a midwife, providing free services to poor women. She quickly became known for her ability to safely guide women through difficult labors, and word of mouth quickly spread among would-be women across the country.
“Siegemund accepted the official position of city midwife of Liegnitz in 1683 and later became court midwife in Berlin, where she bore children for the royal family. She also published forensic midwife during this time and significantly improved the health of mothers and children in Germany.
“Before that, German midwives had mostly passed on their knowledge orally. There was no standardized way to document safe delivery. forensic midwife was the first to offer a comprehensive guide to childbirth in Germany.
“Thank you, Justine Siegemund, for laying the foundations of modern education in the field of obstetrics! Her legacy still inspires doctors to take pages from her book to make childbirth and childbirth safer for everyone. “
Good Reeds describes his famous book thus: “First published in 1690. forensic midwife made Justine Siegemund (1636-1705) the representative of midwifery at a time when most midwifery texts were written by men. More than technical guidance forensic midwife contains descriptions of the obstetric practices used by midwives and the associated social restrictions.
Siegemund’s fame as a writer, midwife, and champion of emerging professionalism gave her a status in the 17th century virtually unknown to German women. Translated into English here for the first time forensic midwife contains breathtaking birth scenes, affidavits from former patients, and a brief autobiography.
Source: I News
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