Peter Chamberlen

Standard Name: Chamberlen, Peter,, the elder

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Forceps for use in childbirth were invented by a member of the Chamberlen family, probably Peter Chamberlen the Elder ; they were kept a secret.

Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.

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Fraser, Antonia. The Weaker Vessel: Woman’s Lot in Seventeenth Century England. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984.

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