John Hall Davis - Parturition and Its Difficulties. With Clinical Illustrations and Statistics of 13,783 Deliveries

London, Robert Hardwicke, 1865. Cloth. The second edition of this scarce and interesting illustrated medical study on childbirth by John Hall Davis. The second edition, revised and enlarged. A scarce work. Illustrated with eight monochrome plates, depicting anatomical medical diagrams. Collated complete.This interesting medical work was written by John Hall Davis, a private lecturer on midwifery and obstetrician who attended the birth of Queen Victoria. This work provides an example of nineteenth century medical practices for childbirth, with this study being focussed on problematic births. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with bumping and minimal wear to the extremities. Marks to the endpapers with a bookseller's label to the front pastedown and a binder's label to the rear. Front hinge starting after the front free endpaper. Internally generally firmly bound with minimal strain in places, with generally bright and clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None stated. Very Good .

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