Saturday, August 7, 2010

Maria Messina Greco

A Sicilian midwife who seems to have begun delivering babies in Tampa, as early as 1907. She kept a records of the births in tiny notebooks, all of which are still intact.
here

2 comments:

Vox Populi said...

That's pretty cool. It makes me sad to see something so intimate go on the Internet. Why does everything have to be known by everyone? The best part of life is the part you save.

Anonymous said...

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