Syllabus or general heads of a course of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery: including the nature and treatment of diseases incident to women and children. For the clearer Demonstration of Operative Midwifery; the several Methods of assisting in laborious and preternatural Labours, will not only be described according to the most approved modern Practice, but likewise distinctly shewn by artificial Representation of each difficult Case, on Machines of a new Construction. The whole will be illustrated by Anatomical Preparations, with various Practical Observations, extraordinary Cases, and necessary Cautions; but particularly by real Labours. For the Use of Medical Students. By John Leake, M. D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician to the Westminster Lying-in Hospital; at his Theatre, Craven-Street, London.

Date:

M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]