A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners / By Samuel Bard.

  • Bard, Samuel, 1742-1821.
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1808
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A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery : containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners / By Samuel Bard. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New-York : Printed and sold by Collins and Perkins ..., 1808.

Physical description

239 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (wood engravings) ; 18 cm (12mo)

References note

Austin 117
Eimas: Heirs of Hippocrates 1050 (1807 issue)
Norman 120 (1807 issue)
GM 6163.1

Notes

Glossary: p. [237]-239
Errata: p. 239
Publisher's advertisement: final page
First edition, second issue. First issue was in 1807. A second edition was published in 1812
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sotheby's (via Phelps) Note: Binding: Contemp. tree calf, double gilt rules on spine, red morocco label. In recent slipcase

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