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She’s a Witch! May We Burn Her?
[This post is slightly out of order. But it is Halloween season, so I couldn't resist.]
As the dark ages drew to a close, the Church suddenly got into the medicine business. Which meant that men were suddenly competing with those medicos of the dark ages, the midwife.
Midwives in medieval Europe often treated the entire village. [...]
