An elementary treatise on midwifery, or, Principles of tokology and embryology / by Alf. A.L.M. Velpeau ; translated from the French by Charles D. Meigs.

  • Velpeau, A. (Alfred), 1795-1867.
Date:
1845
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Credit: An elementary treatise on midwifery, or, Principles of tokology and embryology / by Alf. A.L.M. Velpeau ; translated from the French by Charles D. Meigs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The second American edition of Velpeau's Midwifery is ex- hausted, and the pressing demand for it by the medical profession has induced the Publishers to make immediate arrangements to issue a third edition. As Professor Meigs, who translated the work, and enriched the second edition with a variety of valuable notes, is absent on a professional tour through Europe, the duties of bringing out a third edition have been assigned to me. The notes of Professor Meigs are retained in this edition, and are designated, as before, by his initial letter: those added by me are marked with the letter H. Among the many valuable works on Midwifery which have issued from the Continental, British and American Press, during the last fifteen years, Velpeau's, as an elementary treatise, stands unrivaled. As a text book, it has been adopted by several of our most celebrated American medical colleges. When he wrote this work, he was not only extensively ac- quainted with medical literature, but had spent much time in the dissecting room, where he had carefully investigated nature for himself. As a lecturer, he was a favourite, and enjoyed a large share of public confidence as an obstetrical practitioner. M. Velpeau, by steady and well directed personal endeavours, has worked himself up from the most obscure origin to the enviable professional eminence he now occupies. He is only fifty years of