The principles and practice of obstetric medicine and surgery, in reference to the process of parturition / by Francis H. Ramsbotham.

  • Ramsbotham, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1800-1868.
Date:
1856
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Credit: The principles and practice of obstetric medicine and surgery, in reference to the process of parturition / by Francis H. Ramsbotham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. Towards the close of the year 1839, I was applied to by the highly respectable house, through which tbis publication is offered to the medical profession, to select the subjects for it, and to contribute the letter-press ; and I readily undertook a duty which I thought would supply a deficiency in English Obstetric Literature. When the work was first projected, it was intended to be merely an Atlas of Plates, with a short description of each, as its title then conveyed. But circumstances afterwards arose, which in- duced those interested in its success to extend it into a form more approaching that of a treatise; and I trust tbis alteration has been effected without detracting from its usefulness. The flattering notices which it has received from the periodical press in the progress of its publication, and the liberal patronage it has met with from the profession, have not only been most