On combined external and internal version. Pres. copy

Hicks, J. Braxton

Published by Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, London, 1864

Hicks, John Braxton (1823-97). On combined external and internal version. viii, 72pp. Text illustrations. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. 213 x 134 mm. Original cloth, light wear at hinges and corners, inner front hinge cracked. Minor toning throughout but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To the West Kent Medico-Chirurgial Socy From the Author." Modern bookplate. First Edition. A revised and updated edition of Braxton Hicks' paper introducing his method of podalic version of the fetus (turning the fetus in utero from head to breech position) to cope with various complications during birth; see Garrison-Morton.com 6186. "Hicks's method of combined internal and external, or bipolar, version was received as one of the major contributions to obstetric practice in his generation. It has been known ever since as the Braxton Hicks version" (Speert, p. 268). Hicks's preface to this work notes that while "the subject of the present memoir was originally brought forth in the â Lancet' in 1860, and before the Obstetrical Society of London in 1863 . . . yet a not inconsiderable part has been re-written, new cases in illustration added, and the whole matter brought up to the present time" (p. v). Speert, "John Braxton Hicks, bipolar version, and the contractions of the pregnant uterus," British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 63 (1956): 268-271. . Seller Inventory # 51582

Bibliographic Details

Title: On combined external and internal version. ...
Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, London
Publication Date: 1864
Binding: Soft cover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition