PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - P M Dunn TI - Louise Bourgeois (1563–1636): royal midwife of France AID - 10.1136/adc.2003.037929 DP - 2004 Mar 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition PG - F185--F187 VI - 89 IP - 2 4099 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/89/2/F185.short 4100 - http://fn.bmj.com/content/89/2/F185.full SO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2004 Mar 01; 89 AB - Louise Bourgeois was the first practicing midwife to write of her experience of childbirth and of women’s problems. She did much to enhance the respect in which her craft was held. For 26 years she was midwife to the royal court.