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Picture of the cover of a small booklet published in 1938 for use by midwives. This booklet was found with the tools pictured below and I was told by my grandmother that the tools below were used by Bessie Blair FLEEK/FLICK and also by Bessie's mother, Susan Jane UMSTOT, who also acted as a midwife. |
| To the right are the tools used by my g-grandmother when she performed the duties of a midwife. They were in a small leather carrying case. There was also a reddish-colored rubbery item (thing??) that reminded me of a super thick rubber band, or perhaps the rubber-like piece you might see on a stethoscope. Over the many years, it became brittle and broke into pieces. It may have been used to tie off the umbilical cord, or maybe it was used as a tourniquet to stop bleeding. Or perhaps it really was part of a stethoscope...but if so, the rest of it was missing. |
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