Author: Deventer, Hendrik van
Title: The Art of Midwifery Improv'd
Description: London, E. Curll, J. Pemberton, and W. Taylor, 1716. Hardcover. Leather binding with 5 raised bands. 328 pp. Four foldout plates. English translation of original Latin. Full title: "The art of midwifery improv'd: fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife: and the many errors in all the books hitherto written upon this subject clearly refuted..: also a new method, demonstrating, how infants ill situated in the womb.. may, by the hand only.. be turned into their right position, without hazarding the life of either mother or child." The first work to provide a thorough description of the pelvis and to suggest that the shape and size of one's pelvis could cause birthing difficulties. Very poor, covers missing, lacks title page and some plates, foxing and rubbing at extremities, spine split. Reading or binding copy only. SWAF .

Keywords: Science, Midwifery, Obstetric Medicine ; Midwifery ; ;


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