the labouring woman, and shall diligently observe and waite, how much, and after what meanes the child sitrreth itselfe: also shall with hands, first anoynted with the oyle of almonds or the oyle of those white lillies, rule and direct everything as shall seeme best. Also the midwife must instruct and comfort the party, not only refreshing her with good meate and drinke, but also with sweet words, giving her hope of a good speedie deliverance, encouraging and enstomacking her to patience and tolerance, bidding her to hold in her breath as much as she may, also stroking gently with her hands her belly about the Navell, for that helpeth to depress the birth downeward. Gallery References External links Eucharius Rösslin (c 1470–1526) of Germany and the rebirth of midwifery Reforming the Body 1470s births 1526 deaths Physicians from Baden-Württemberg 16th-century German physicians People from Worms, Germany Midwifery 15th-century German physicians 16th-century German writers 16th-century German male writers