A Synopsis of the Various Kinds of Difficult Parturition, with Practical Remarks on the Management of Labours.

Merriman, Samuel.

Published by Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia:, 1816

About this Item

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rebound with blank end pages missing. . 8vo. 297 pages plus 5 engraved plates. First American edition. Large folding table in middle of text is present but separated With notes and additions by Thomas C. James. An early book on obstetrics and midwifery with descriptions of types of difficult labors and their management. The author refers to his own extensive practice and there are chapters on natural and difficult labor, signs of a dead child, twin children, ruptures or lacerations, convulsions, retention of the placenta, the use of instruments in midwifery, cesarean operations, premature labor and many other topics. The five full-page engravings show a well-formed pelvis; the entrance or superior strait of a well-formed pelvis; the inferior strait of the same, and two plates show a deformed pelvis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Synopsis of the Various Kinds of Difficult Parturition, with Practical Remarks on the Management of Labours.
• Publisher: Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia:
• Publication Date: 1816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 6W x 9H x 1D inches 6 inches width by 9 inches height by 1 inches depth
• Weight: 1 pound