Introduction: midwifery and the midwife; the history of midwifery - a global overview, and midwifery in South Africa, volume 1. Part 1: Anatomy and physiology affecting conception and childbirth - applied (including common abnormalities). Part 2: Normal pregnancy.Part 3: Normal labour. Part 4: The normal purpureum.Part 5: The normal newborn baby.Part 6: Family planning: Volume. 2.Part 7: Complications in pregnancy. Part 8: Complications of labour.Part 9: Complications in the puerperium.Part 10: Miscellaneous.