Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery by HAMILTON, Alexander - 1791

London: T Kay. G: in good condition. Modern rebind with new eps. The first 20 pages have the margin clipped, not impinging. Some foxing and marks within. 1796. 4th Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 405pp. .

Edinburgh: Charles Elliot. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed and scuffed with boards held only by strings. Slight foxing, but content in overall good condition. 1787. New edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 210mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 424pp. By Alexander Hamilton MD FRS Edin, Professor of Midwifery in the University and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Dedicated to William Cullen, MD First Physician to the King in Scotland and Professor of the Physic in the University of Edinburgh; a gentleman not more conspicuous for extensive knowledge in every department of science than for the many great and useful improvements he has introduced into the theory and practice of Medicine. The following outlines are respectfully inscribed by his much obliged and most respected servant, the Author. .

Printed by A. Bartram, 1806. Hardcover. Good. From the library of ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely. Full leather, worn and scuffed; small area on bottom front edge that looks like book worm damage; rear external hinge cracked, 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; mylar jacket; Bookplate on free front endpaper; previous owner's name on front pastedown and top of title page; stamped on title page and last page; no internal markings; 40 plates; 400 pages.

Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1794. First Isaiah Thomas Edition. Hardcover. Occasional foxing or staining, but generally clean in a Fine, handsome binding. Octavo (5" x 8-1/8") bound in recent full calf leather with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers; 302 pages. Complete with the original endpapers. First published in Edinburgh in 1784 and in America in Philadelphia in 1790, the Isaiah Thomas edition is fairly scarce. Austin 862; Evans 27084; Heirs of Hippocrates 652: "Hamilton was the first to distinguish and describe uterine and vaginal discharge and he promoted the concept of the perineum as supporting the pelvic structure.... The American edition of his later publication, TREATISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE COMPLAINTS (1793), is the first American publication devoted to the subject of gynecology."