give specific instances to provetha t the midwife proved to bea foil for dr. andrew??

The midwife, stout and elderly, sat beside the patient and watched Andrew's expression as he moved about the room during the initial phase of the childbirth. This woman serves as a foil for Andrew because it shows the difference between what a modern doctor can do and what the midwife is incapable of doing with her limited knowledge. She had placed the stillborn baby beneath the bed amongst the sodden newspapers which Andrew later on rescued and revived back to life. The midwife had already passed judgement that the child would not live and as he tried to revive it, he felt the midwife watching him in stark consternation. Andrew's deftness of skill is set off against the midwife's incompetence.