A Practical Compendium of Midwifery : Being the Course of Lectures on Midwifery and on the Diseases of Women and Infants delivered at St Bartholomew's Hospital by the late Robert Gooch MD

Gooch, Robert; prepared for publication by George Skinner

Published by E L Carey & A Hart, Philadelphia, 1832

About this Item

Front board and first flyleaf barely attached, edgeworn, scrapes and peeling to covers, random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid text block. ; Full leather binding with black spine label and gilt spine rulings. "The present work was originally published at London in 1831 under the title, Lectures on practical midwifery. It was prepared for publication by George Skinner, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Skinner had attended all of Gooch's lectures and assembled his carefully kept notes for publication following Gooch's death. This was the second of Gooch's major works and consists of the course of lectures on midwifery and the diseases of women and children that he delivered at St. Bartholomew's Hospital." - Heirs of Hippocrates, 1396. First American edition of this classic, much used and cited, nineteenth-century obstetrics handbook. ; xii, 17-319 pages. Seller Inventory # 15888

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Practical Compendium of Midwifery : Being ...

Publisher: E L Carey & A Hart, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First American Edition; First Printing.