Dai segreti delle erbe alla "donna artefatta". La scuola per levatrici a Novara nella prima metà dell'Ottocento

By means of analysis of wide and, so far, little examined archival documentation, the essay reconstructs the history of the midwifery school in Novara in the first half of the nineteenth century. According to the directions of recent educational historiography, this work does not restrict its reconstruction of the school organization to the historical-institutional viewpoint, but also it draws attention to its teaching practice, using authentic sources , such textbooks, educational instruments, regulations and teaching projects