A manual of midwifery, or, Compendium of gynaecology and paidonosology : comprising a new nomenclature of obstetric medicine, with a concise account of the symptoms and treatment of the most important diseases of women and children, and the management of the various forms of parturition / by Michael Ryan.

  • Ryan, Michael, 1800-1841.
Date:
1831
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Credit: A manual of midwifery, or, Compendium of gynaecology and paidonosology : comprising a new nomenclature of obstetric medicine, with a concise account of the symptoms and treatment of the most important diseases of women and children, and the management of the various forms of parturition / by Michael Ryan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    various authors; many the errors which have been committed and carelessly copied into suc- cessive treatises, and which, therefore, require to be exposed and corrected. In endeavouring to correct errors, which is always an ungracious task, it was my intention not to be too fastidious, nor to find fault without cause, merely to render this book different from those that preceded it; on the contrary, I have maturely considered the arguments for and against every point which appeared doubtful or dangerous; consulted the best authorities upon the subject; and having given an impartial view of the matter, offered my own opinion, and left the reader to form his own conclusion. In publishing this compendium, my object has been to present students and young practitioners with a concise, yet comprehensive, view of the exact state of Obstetric knowledge, by compressing into a small space all that is essential to be known upon the subject. The highly fa- vourable reception which this volume has received, as appears by recorded reviews, and could be attested by numerous private testimonies from many of the most distinguished and celebrated Obstetricians in these and foreign countries, is the best proof that I did not err in judgment, as some persons imagined, when on its first appear- ance I ventured to predict success. The ap- pearance of a Third Edition in three years is a