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colspan="3"><img name="d2" src="../../images/grand_img/d2.gif" width="230" height="87" border="0" alt=""></td>     <td rowspan="6" colspan="10"     valign="top"><div align="center"><font color="#000000" size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>         Historique de la profession de sage-femme<br>         </font><font color="e90159" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">          Dans l'Antiquit&eacute;<br>         </font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="gphistoriqu0a.htm">(L'&eacute;gypte          ancienne</a> - <a href="gphistoriqu0b.htm">La Gr&egrave;ce Antique</a>          - <a href="gphistoriqu0c.htm">Les H&eacute;breux</a> - <a href="gphistoriqu0d.htm">La          Rome Antique</a> )</font><font color="e90159" size="3" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">          <br>         </font> </div>       <table width="552" border="0">         <tr>            <td><p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Dans                l'art des accouchements, la maternit&eacute; et les sages-femmes                sont indissociables et sont &agrave; l'origine des civilisations                humaines et des religions.<br>               <br>               Aussi loin que nous remontons dans l'histoire de l'humanit&eacute;,                la f&eacute;condit&eacute; et la vie ont fait na&icirc;tre un ensemble                de croyances et la femme d&eacute;tentrice de ce pouvoir myst&eacute;rieux                d'engendrer, devint le symbole de la prosp&eacute;rit&eacute; et                l'objet d'un culte particulier qui s'&eacute;tendit &agrave; toute                la nature : celui de la d&eacute;esse Terre puis de la d&eacute;esse                M&egrave;re. <br>               Les motifs de piti&eacute;, de d&eacute;vouement et de d&eacute;cence                ne sont pas exclus pour justifier de l'existence des sages-femmes                depuis les temps lointains de l'histoire, car &quot;il &eacute;tait                naturel que la m&egrave;re qui a souffert pour mettre au monde all&acirc;t                porter ses conseils et son assistance &agrave; la femme inexp&eacute;riment&eacute;e.                Ce secours plusieurs fois r&eacute;p&eacute;t&eacute;, il &eacute;tait                naturel qu'elle acquiert une certaine confiance dans la famille,                confiance qui augmenta de plus en plus, et c'est ainsi que la premi&egrave;re                sage-femme f&ucirc;t cr&eacute;&eacute;e o&ugrave; se cr&eacute;a                d'elle m&ecirc;me.&quot; (SIEBOLD)<br>               </font></font></p></td>         </tr>       </table>            </td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="87" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr>   <tr>     <td colspan="3"><a href="gphistoriquintro.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('historique','','../../images/grand_img/historique_over.gif',1)"><img name="historique" src="../../images/grand_img/historique_over.gif" width="230" height="47" border="0" alt=""></a></td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="47" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr>   <tr>    <td colspan="3"><a href="../prof/gpprofintro.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout();" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1030164958_0,183,11,null,'profession');MM_swapImage('profession','','../../images/grand_img/profession_over.gif',1)"><img name="profession" src="../../images/grand_img/profession.gif" width="230" height="23" border="0" alt=""></a></td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="23" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr>   <tr>    <td colspan="3"><a href="../comment/gpcommentintro.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore();MM_startTimeout();" onMouseOver="MM_showMenu(window.mm_menu_1030165151_1,182,18,null,'comment');MM_swapImage('comment','','../../images/grand_img/comment_over.gif',1)"><img name="comment" src="../../images/grand_img/comment.gif" width="230" height="37" border="0" alt=""></a></td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="37" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr>   <tr>    <td colspan="3"><img name="dboutons" src="../../images/grand_img/dboutons.gif" width="230" height="100" border="0" alt=""></td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="100" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr>   <tr>    <td colspan="3"><img name="d1" src="../../images/grand_img/d1.gif" width="230" height="63" border="0" alt=""></td>    <td><img src="../../images/entete_img/spacer.gif" width="1" height="63" border="0" alt=""></td>   </tr> </table> <table width="782" border="0">   <tr>      <td width="226"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;</font></td>     <td width="553"><div align="center">          <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="4" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2">Le            caract&egrave;re sacr&eacute; des sages-femmes comme celui des m&eacute;decins            semble pr&eacute;dominer toute raison humaine. La gu&eacute;rison ou            l'heureuse naissance attribu&eacute;s aux rites, aux incantations, aux            exorcismes et aux breuvages des sorciers et des magiciennes, conf&eacute;raient            &agrave; ceux-ci un pouvoir surnaturel qu'ils d&eacute;tenaient des            dieux eux-m&ecirc;mes et &agrave; qui ils s'identifiaient.<br>           <br>           </font></font><font size="2">Ceci explique le prestige et la v&eacute;n&eacute;ration            dont ils jouissaient et l'autorit&eacute; croissante qu'ils prirent            dans les religions antiques. Ils devinrent les pr&ecirc;tres et les            pr&ecirc;tresses des cultes des divinit&eacute;s qui pr&eacute;sident            &agrave; tous les actes de la vie.Ils d&eacute;tenaient secr&egrave;tement            les rites et l'enseignement qu'attestent des textes anciens et la persistance            de certaines coutumes.<br>           <br>           La sage-femme est de toutes les collectivit&eacute;s humaines, la figure            la plus universellement connue, mais son r&ocirc;le historique et sa            contribution &agrave; l'&eacute;dification de l'art obst&eacute;trical            sont les plus m&eacute;connus de notre temps. Cependant, son pass&eacute;            riche de sacrifices et de gloire, en fait depuis toujours la &quot;protectrice            de la m&egrave;re et de l'enfant&quot; &agrave; la fois m&eacute;dicale            et sociale.</font><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="#haut">Haut            de page</a></font></font></p>         <p><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- <a href="gphistoriquintro.htm">Introduction            </a>- <a href="gphistoriqu0a.htm">Page suivante</a> -</font></p>       </div></td>   </tr> </table> </body> </html> 
