title: [The birth stool in texts of classical tradition].
abstract: The author presents a collection of texts from Antiquity and from the Middle Ages to give an idea of the kind and incidence of references to the birth stool in medical and non-medical texts. The medieval texts are derived--at least indirectly--from classical sources, too. The mention of the birth stool is a marginal issue in medical as well as non-medical texts. In German-speaking culture areas, the widespread knowledge of the birth stool cannot be traced back to earlier than the beginning of the 16th century.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Reus
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Der Geburtsstuhl in Texten antiker Tradition.