History of Nizhny Novgorod medicine. Midwives in Tsarist Russia. #PIMU Museum In 1797, on the initiative and at the expense of Empress Maria Fedorovna, wife of Paul I, the “Midwife Institute” was opened at the “Imperial Maternity Hospital”, which later became known as the “Imperial Midwifery Institute”, which prepared three thousand in 100 years of existence (1797 - 1897) six hundred skilled midwives (in the first 30 years of work at the institute, 512 midwives were trained). It was the first obstetric, and at the same time educational, institution in Russia. A school was opened here for the preparation of midwives, whose students took care of puerperas. According to the traditions of Russia and Domostroi, the notion that male doctors should not be engaged in obstetrics, and childbirth took midwives, remained. A woman who wanted to receive the title of midwife should have been no younger than twenty and not older than forty-five years. In tsarist Russia, there were three professional groups of women involved in obstetric care: midwives (higher medical education), rural midwives (secondary medical education) and midwives (correspondence education). Midwifery institutes, where midwives were trained, by the end of the 19th century in Russia there were about two dozen. A diploma for the title of midwife was issued at the end of training (usually six years) and the adoption of the "Oath of midwives about their position." The duties of the midwife included “applying benefits” and caring for the normal course of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum state, as well as caring for the newborn. Only with the wrong course of all these conditions was an obstetrician called ... For more information on the site #PRMU #PrivolzhskyResearchMedicalUniversity #foundationofinternationaleducationservices #mbbsinrussia #studyMBBSabroad #overseasEducation #nizhnyNovorod #Studymbbsinrussia #mbbs #neet2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CA7CWScpClo/?igshid=195jpw742lziw