As the apostle of "natural" childbirth without fear or pain (achieved by building up the mother's confidence and training her to relax), Britain's Dr. Grantly Dick Read had long had a nagging doubt. His theory and practice had been worked out with women in societies far removed from a state of nature. What of the women closest to nature? In 1953, at 63, Dr. Dick Read headed into darkest Africa to find out.
In No Time for Fear (Harper; $3.50), he reports that he found what he was looking for. Among Bushmen and Basutos, Hottentots...
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