A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery.
by SMELLIE, William
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Printed for D. Wilson, at Plato's Head, near Round-Court, in the Strand. London. 1752. First edition. 8vo.. pp. (ii), xiv, lxxii, (73)-454, (ix) Advertisement [for the Sett of Anatomical Tables], (i) blank. Modern [though not new] quarter calf and marbled boards, occasional marginal mark either old and faded, small splash, or a grease spot, despite which a good copy. *GARRISON-MORTON #6154; RCOG pre-1851 imprints, p. 74; Grolier, Medicine 43a. Norman 1954. Heirs of Hippocrates 825. Spencer, History of British Midwifery, pp. 43-60. Cutter & Viets, Short History of Midwifery, pp. 26-28. Thoms, Classical Contributions to Obstetrics and Gynecology, pp. 123-25. Hagelin, Byrth of Mankynde, pp. 118-19. WALTER RADCLIFFE Milestones in Midwifery, p.35 et seq. 'William Smellie (1697-1763) [was] a genius who was to become one of the greatest obstetricians of all time, and the finest teacher in his profession.'
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- A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery.
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- SMELLIE, William
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- Printed for D. Wilson, at Plato's Head, near Round-Court, in the Strand. London. 1752. First edition. 8vo.
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