Both Uses of
midwife
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Grigory rushed to Marfa and sent her to Lizaveta, while he ran to fetch an old midwife who lived close by.†
Chpt 3 *
- The astounded doctor's wife decided to move Katerina while there was still time to an establishment in the town kept by a midwife for such emergencies.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
a non-doctor who practices the profession of assisting women in childbirth; or to assist in childbirth
or:
someone who helps bring something into existence; or the act of helping to bring something into existence
or:
someone who helps bring something into existence; or the act of helping to bring something into existence