The Legacy of Dr. Lamaze

the long version

""In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children," commands the Bible and for centuries childbirth pain was judged woman's inescapable burden. Then in the 1950s arrived a revolutionary new technique for dealing with it, named for its inventor and tireless promoter, a French doctor named Fernand Lamaze. Lamaze proposed a simple yet radical way by which women could not only ease their labor but also take control over it. The rest is obstetrical history. For a half a century, Lamaze "painless childbirth method" has been employed in hospitals and clinics worldwide.". "Yet to millions "Lamaze" remains just that - a method, a technique, even a brand name, rather than a figure of flesh and blood. Caroline Gutmann, Lamaze's granddaughter, brings him to life in this book. Through her exclusive access to her family's papers and letters, Gutmann lovingly but honestly pieces together the story of her famous grandfather, showing how and why he struggled to make childbirth safe."--BOOK JACKET.