A Practical Treatise on Midwifery: Exhibiting the Present Advanced State of the Science
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, for G. N. Loomis, 1844. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. vi,235,160pp. Blind-stamped decorative brown cloth with gold lettering on cover. Wear to edges and corners. Some scuffing, staining and rubbing to boards and spine. Sporadic foxing throughout. Frontispiece. Richly illustrated with 80 full-page lithographs. In three parts. Part 1: Of Parturition, Part 2: Functions of Reproduction, Part 3: Expulsion of the Product of Conception and of Labour. Fascinating work by F.J. Moreau who was a 19th century French physician, a member of the Medical Faculty in Paris as well as the consulting surgeon to the King. Translated from the French by Thomas Forrest Betton and edited by Paul B. Goddard. Includes 10 ad pages. Good condition. g. Item #17697
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