Table 2(b).

Average number of deliveries attended by male students and female apprentices

	Male students	Female apprentices
Average of those who attended at least 1 delivery	2.1	3.0
Estimated average of all (incl. those who did not attend a delivery)	1.4	2.6

¹Attending a delivery is defined here (and in the text) as being mentioned in the hospital diaries or calendars, which normally means being actively involved, either “assisting” the parturient woman or doing an operation, not merely looking on. Occasional visitors, students of law, etc. are excluded, although they are sometimes mentioned by name in the sources used.

This table may have a small bias, underestimating the number of deliveries attended by students. Midwife apprentices usually stayed for only three months at the hospital, whereas a considerable minority of the students stayed for more than one term. For this reason, more students than apprentices included in this table may have attended an additional birth during the periods when there are gaps between the different sources. If such a bias exists, it slightly exaggerates the difference between students and midwives.

²The estimated percentage of male students who did not attend a delivery is based on a total of 209 students in nominative lists for seven semesters between summer 1793 and winter 1800/01. See text and note 102 for details.

³The estimated percentage of female apprentices who did not attend a delivery is based on a total of 36 apprentices mentioned either in nominative lists or in statistical reports for eleven courses between 1793 and winter 1800/01. See text and note 103 for details.

Sources: AUFK Gö, A 1–8 (Tagebücher, vol. 4, 6–7, 10–14); I 1–3 (Kalender 1793, 1794, 1798).