The Role of the Pronouns he and she in Seventeenth-Century Obstetric Directives*

*The present article is part of the ongoing research project “Evidencialidad en un corpus multidisciplinar de artículos técnicos en lengua inglesa”, grant FFI 2009–10801 (Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation and the European Regional Development Fund). This grant is hereby gratefully acknowledged.

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*The present article is part of the ongoing research project “Evidencialidad en un corpus multidisciplinar de artículos técnicos en lengua inglesa”, grant FFI 2009–10801 (Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation and the European Regional Development Fund). This grant is hereby gratefully acknowledged.

1 Chirurgeon or chirurgion was a term used for surgeon from the late thirteenth century to the eighteenth century, as it appears in the heading lines of the preface and other parts of this book; for further information see OED s.v.