A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair.

  • Playfair, W. S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903.
Date:
1876
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W.S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Many of the illustrations are copied from previous authors, while some are original. The following quotation from the preface to Tyler Smith's Manual of Obstetrics will explain why the source of the copied woodcuts has not been in each instance acknowledged: When ! hi i- publish, I determined to give the authority for every wood- cut copied from other works; I soon found, however, that obstetric authors of all countries, from the time of Maurioeau downwards, had copied each other so freely without acknowledgment as to render it difficult or impossible to trace the originals. The author has to express his acknowledgments to many friends for their kind assistance by the loan of illustrations and otherwise, and more especially to his colleague, Dr. Hayes, for his valuable aid in passing the work through the pro-. 3] Geokok Street, Hanover Square. March, 1876.