4: Jane Sharp
The final programme comes from a 17th-century herb garret, formerly attached to St Thomas 's hospital in London. Sarah Dunant talks to Ludmilla Jordanova , Professor of Cultural
History at York University, about midwife Jane Sharp , author of just one book,
The Midwives Book (1671). Her manual offered women information on anything concerning childbirth, including, for the first time, detailed anatomical descriptions in English instead of Greek or Latin. Series producer Julia Eisner