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A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D.
- Smellie, William, 1697-1763.
- Date
- 1797
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Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : Printed by T. Dobson ..., 1797.
Physical description
v, 2 unnumbered pages, 8-98 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, XL leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 21 cm (8vo)
Series
Notes
"Apparently issued to accompany Alexander Hamilton's Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery, which has the same imprint"--Austin
"Plates 1-39, engraved by John Norman, are the same as those in Norman's 1786 Boston edition with title: An abridgement of the practice of midwifery: and a set of anatomical tables"--Austin
"'Additional table,' no. 40 (pp. 96-98) is by Dr. Thomas Young"--Austin
With a final leaf of advertisement
Signatures: A-M⁴ N²
Film 633 reel 88 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 88, no. 1756).
References note
Evans 32221 ("second title")
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1756
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 420
ESTC (RLIN) W3453
Reproduction note
Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1961. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm
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- English
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This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)