The Philosophy of Menstruation, Conception, and Sterility. Pp. 51-73 reprinted from: A Series of American Clinical Lectures, Edited by E. C. Seguin. Volume III, No. III [Whole No. 27].

PALLEN, Montrose A[nderson]. (1836-1890):

Published by New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877., 1877

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First Separate Edition. 1 leaf, 25, [1] pp (= pp. 51-73 in Seguin 1877). Ink stamp of Stockton-Hough Library and number '19 written in ink on top of title page. Stapled, without wrappers, probably as issued. Very Good. Whole volumes of these Clinical Lectures appear to be uncommon. Pallen delivered this lecture at the Clinic for the Diseases of Women at the University Medical College on April 12, 1877. In 1868, Pallen 'presented the argument for criminalizing abortion to fellow practitioners at the Missouri State Medical Association' (Reva Siegel, 'Reasoning from the Body: A Historical Perspective on Abortion Regulation and Questions of Equal Protection', Stanford Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, Jan. 1992, pp. 261-381). While Professor of Gynecology at Humboldt Medical College, Pallen submitted the Prize Essay, 'On the Treatment of Certain Uterine Abnormities', published in Trans. of the A.M.A. in 1868 (p. 488). The 1874 Trans. of the A.M.A. includes 'Minutes of the first meeting of the Section on Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, with notable physicians participating, including Theophilus Pavin, MD, Montrose A. Pallen, MD and J. Marion Sims, MD' (pp. 167, 203). 'When he was about twenty-one years of age he took the first prize for a paper read before the American Medical Association, on 'The Ophthalmoscope,' and it was he who introduced this instrument to the medical profession of this country. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Confederate military forces, first serving as a surgeon under General Henry A. Wise, and later was chief medical director on the staff of General Earl Van Dorn, serving in Mississippi, Tennessee, and other Southwestern States' (Encyclopedic History of St. Louis). Pallen published 'Vision, and some of its anomalies, as revealed by the ophthalmoscope' in Trans. of the A.M.A., Vol. XI, 1858, pp. 857-934. Pallen was Assistant Surgeon-General in the Missouri State Guard Patriot Army of Missouri.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Philosophy of Menstruation, Conception, and Sterility. Pp. 51-73 reprinted from: A Series of American Clinical Lectures, Edited by E. C. Seguin. Volume III, No. III [Whole No. 27].
• Publisher: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877.
• Publication Date: 1877
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket