title: [The transformation of the rural delivery methods in Shanxi Revolutionary Bases].
abstract: Lacking in public health conception, the indigenous delivery child methods in rural areas resulted in a high incidence of infection of neonatal tetanus and infection during the puerperium. The government of Shanxi Revolutionary Base established a working system of transforming delivery child methods and instruments, which provided a valuable experience for implementation of the new delivery methods in rural areas later. From the viewpoint of revolutionary background, delivery methods' reform was of political significance.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Social History Research Center of Shanxi University, Shanxi, 030006, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Yan-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Wan