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English
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Patty Bartlett Sessions : Mormon Physician
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The Doctor Wore Petticoats : Women Physicians of the Old West
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Guilford, Conn.
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The Globe Pequot Press
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57-64
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"Patty Bartlett Sessions helped bring hundreds of babies into the world. The sparsely populated western frontier of the 1800s was in need of trained birth attendants who could help ensure mother and child survived the grueling process of labor and delivery." [p.57] "She studied under Doctor Timothy Carter, a physician in Bethel, Maine; she learned about natural herb remedies from Native Americans; and she interned with elderly midwives in the area. Patty Bartlett Sessions devoted herself to learning all she could about natural labor and prenatal care. She earned a reputation as one of the best practitioners of her kind in the territory." [p.60]