[HARRISON (John)]

A Short Comparative View of the Practice of Surgery in the French Hospitals: with some remarks on the study of anatomy and midwifery. The whole endeavouring to prove, that the advantages to students... are greater at London, than at Paris.

London: Printed for Jacob Robinson, 1750. First edition, 8vo (190 x 115 mm), iv, 56pp., some page numerals cropped, recent calf-backed marbled boards, morocco title label lettered in gilt on upper cover. Attributed to the surgeon John Harrison (active 1740-1750) in Le Moniteur des hopitaux, v. 1, 1843, p. 1241-45.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 39784

Keywords: MEDICINE ANATOMY MIDWIFERY SURGERY

GREEN-ARMYTAGE AND DUTTA

A Textbook of Midwifery in the Tropics

London, Butterworths, 1936, 2nd Edition. Cloth , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 447pp. Red cloth cover, edges and corners a little faded, otherwise clean, not inscribed, firm throughout. A relly nice copy. Good/No Jacket.

West Wessex BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3482

Catalogue: Text Books

Keywords: Non Fiction Medical

AVELING, JAMES HOBSON

English Midwives their History and Prospects. Reprint of the 1872 Edition. With an Introduction (including a Select Bibliography of Midwifery) and Biographical Sketch of the Author. With a List of his Writings and Portrait by John L. Thornton

London, Hugh K. Elliot Ltd. 1967. (XXXI) 186 p. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with black title spine (In good condition.)

Antiquariaat SchotProfessional seller

Book number: 06642

BERKELEY, Comyns & others (eds)

Midwifery by ten teachers under the direction of Clifford White

Edward Arnold, 1935. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) 5th edition. 5th edition, 1935, in oxblood cloth with gilt. Owner's name on front free end paper; text clean; binding tight; slight shelf-wear at head & foot of spine Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_105249_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS327042I

James Blundell

Lectures on the Principle and Practice of Midwifery

Philadelphia, Ed. Barrington & Geo. D. Haswell, 1842. 1st Edition. Leather. 442p plus 36p advertisements. A golden-brown, full-leather hardcover book in good condition. Covers rubbed and cracking off at the hinges, but still attached at the binding. Pencil inscriptions on endpapers. Pages havily foxed, but otherwise free of notes and underlining. Binding secure inside. A detailed treatise on childbirth. Edited by Charles Severn. The author, James Blundell (1790-1878), was an English obstetrician credited with performing the first successful blood transfusion. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 161169

Catalogue: Science

BROWN, R. Christie and others

Midwifery: principles and practice for pupil midwives, teacher midwives and obstetric dressers

Edward Arnold, 1950. Used - Very Good. VG in full leather 3rd ed. Silver medal prize from Mayday Hospital bound, with presentation page, in full black leather, with raised bands on spine & gilt rules, lettering, & hospital badge on front board; marbled end papers; page top-edge gilt. A bright copy in tight binding. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS212259I

Bulman, Michael W.

MIDWIFERY AND OBSTETRIC NURSING

London, Faber & Faber, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. ex-library, light foxing 8vo. G.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 90024017

Catalogue: 5/9/08

Keywords: MEDICINE

Burnett, C. W. F.:

The Faber Pocket Dictionary of Midwifery.

London, Faber & Faber, 1966 1st Edition, H/B pocket sized, brown cloth bds, Near Fine, poss. laminated which has become a little wrinkled, contents fine and tight, neat inscript. on fep, with illustrations.

Little Owl BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 4848

Keywords: midwifery dictionary reference medical medicine gynaecology birth midwife

John Burns

The Principles of Midwifery Including the Diseases of Women and Children Second Edition

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. Leather. The scarce second edition of this important medical work regarding to the science of midwifery, by noted surgeon John Burns. An excellent copy. A scarce edition of this work, which reached great popularity and was subsequently reprinted frequently. This second edition is much enlarged compared to the first edition. Rebound in a beautiful half calf binding with marbled boards. John Burns was a visiting surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary before becoming Professor of Anatomy and Theory at Anderson's University. This work, among many of his other titles, were issued to be text books for students. Burns shaped his career in being an authority on abortion and midwifery. This work is detailed in its chapters on the anatomy of the pelvis, the logistics of the child's head through labour, menstruation, sterility, signs of pregnancy, diseases during pregnancy, and the many more chapters which would have been of great use to any student. A comprehensive study and practical guidance to midwifery, written by a contemporaneously international authority on the subject. A fascinating look at midwifery during the early nineteenth century. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some light shelfwear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. Light tidemarks to the first 120 pages, to the top corner of the pages, not affecting the text. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 664L13

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Midwifery Science Surgery Midwife Science Childbirth Pregnancy None

CARTER, G. B. AND GLADYS H. DODDS :

A Dictionary of Midwifery and Public Health..

London, Faber and Faber 1953. gr. 8° 686 S. mit einigen Textabb. Orig. - Leinen Orig. - Schutzumschlag. Schutzumschlag etwas lädiert. Sonst gut erhalten. (1100 gr.).

Antiquariat und Buchhandlung Heiner HenkeProfessional seller

Book number: 43634

Catalogue: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Technik

Fleetwood Churchill

On the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1848. 3rd American edition. Hardcover. 521p. A hardcover, leather-bound book in good condition. Cover worn, corners bumped, leather cracking on spine, front free endpaper partly detached, note in pencil on back endpaper, age-spotting throughout pages. Illustrated with many engravings. "With notes and additions by Robert M. Huston. With one hundred and twenty-eight illustrations from drawings by Bagg and others. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 124801

Catalogue: Science

A. I. Coffin

Treatise on Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children

London, Published by the Author, 1866 . Cloth. The thirteenth edition of A. I. Coffin's informative study of midwifery, female healthcare, and the 'diseases of women and children&apos. The thirteenth edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and four plates. Collated, complete.Including discussion of menstruation, conception, diseases, birth, and the use of herbs and roots for treatment.The work of Albert Isaiah Coffin, who also authored a work titled 'A Botanic Guide to Health and the Natural Pathology of Disease&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fading to back strip. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards firmly held. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Internally, binding significantly strained to centre of work, between pages 82 and 96, and 132 and 133. One text leaf detached, and loosely inserted. Pages lightly age toned with the odd handling mark, and light spotting. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 928F5

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: A Treatise on Midwifery Albert Isaiah Coffin midwifery medicine Albert Isaiah Coffin Not Stated

J T Conquest

Outlines of Midwifery, Developing Its Principles and Practice; Intended As a Text Book for Students, and a Book of Reference for Junior Practitioners

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green, 1831. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fifth edition of Conquest's pioneering work, 'carefully revised' and illustrated with 12 copper plate engravings. Occasional fingermarking and foxing, but in general good order. Binding opening at rear hinge, but all holding. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Green cloth well worn and marked. Dulled paper title label to spine. Scarce. 12mo. 238pp + plates. Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 009630

Catalogue: Medicine & Wellbeing

J. T. Conquest

Outlines of Midwifery, Developing Its Principles and Practice; Intended As a Test Book for Students, and a Book of Reference for Junior Practitioners

London, John Anderson, 1821. Leather. A very scarce and well regarded Regency guide to midwifery illustrated with twelve plates. The second edition of this very scarce work.Bound by J. Wooland.Illustrated with twelve plates.An authoritative guide to midwifery, written by the British accoucheur John Tricker Conquest.Looking into the anatomy and physiology of the uterus, natural labour, complex labours, diseases in the puerperal state, diseases of infancy and childhood, and more.This was an influential work when first published in 1820, being translated into many languages, and being much promoted in colonial India.Collated, all plates are present. Bound without the publisher's adverts. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine and joints are a little faded. Lacking the spine label. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Loss of leather to the head of the rear board. A few minor marks to the boards. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 902P32

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Outlines of Midwifery john tricker conquest j. t. conquest midwifery john tricker conquest medicine Not Stated

ELIZABETH DAVIS

A Guide to Midwifery - Heart and Hands

John Muir Publishing. 1981. Soft Cover. PB/pub.1981/Gd. condition/197+pages - A guide to midwifery. [TA131416]. Good.

Mike Long BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31416

Catalogue: Woman Issues

Keywords: self-help, techniques, how-to, mother, father, complications, parental guide, heart, hands, midwives, births, children, literature, woman issues