Dewees William P Md (5 results)

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1837. 655p. Octavo. Full leather chipped and worn with scatter loss of leather (reading copy). Contents good and generally free of foxing. Former copy of Stapleton Coates (1/19/1807-6/2/1890) a Physician of Tuckahoe, Henrico County Virginia. Medical.

leather. Condition: As New. ***Please Read*** limited edition #681 - brown leather with gold edges - No marks on text - My shelf location bn10-e-22.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1847. 532 pages, 32pp Catalogue of Medical & Surgical Books. 12 engraved plates, 2 folding, of anatomy, instruments, pessary. 9.25 x 5.75", leather, black spine label, gold title & fillets. 'J. Crowell, Jr' on blank. Cover worn, else VG.…

Full Brown Calf. Condition: Moderate General Wear. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition, with Corrections. Rebacked, black leather spine label. New endpapers. About 1" paper loss top of title-page snf dedication page, professionally repaired, but with loss of "A Treatise" on tgitle-page. Please see photos. Peripheral browning of front and back preliminary pages. Light evidence of old water-stain top corner of a few initial pages. Occasional foxing, usually peripheral and not heavy. 508pp. A fine early text on American pediatrics. The author (1768-1841) was a Philadelphia physician, best known for his works on obstetrics and midwifery. First edition of this book was published in 1825. Size: Large Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION- Full LEATHER HARDCOVER binding, GOOD-; light wear, edge wear, age toning, neat po name on fep and title page. GYNECOLOGY, GYNECOLOGICAL, OBSTETRICS, MEDICAL, SCIENCE, MEDICINE, WOMENS HEALTH, WOMEN, PREGNANCY, CHILDREN, CHILDBEARING, MIDWIFE, MIDWIFERY, MIDWIVES reference. 479 pp. Gold bands on spine, slightly faded, but still with luster. A collection of essays by this noted Philadelphia physician, who is considered as changing the history of obstetrics in the US; he was among the first to contend with professional prejudice against doctors delivering babies, and his work helped to make it a respected branch of medicine. Topics include blood-letting; premature birth; rupture, inversion, haemorrhage and retroversion of the uterus; a reply to Dr. Peachy Harrison re impregnation; observation on Burns' "History of the Gravid Uterus;" sudden alteration of the color of the hair; use of volatile tincture of guaiacum in Catamenia; puerperal convulsions; dysmenorrhoea; suppression of menses; Bell's paper on the muscularity of the uterus and more. A solid vintage leather MIDWIFERY REFERENCE; ideal collectible for a MIDWIFE, DOCTOR, or OBSTETRICIAN. …