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The art of midwifery improv'd. Fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife. And The many Errors in all the Books hitherto written upon this Subject clearly refuted. Illustrated with thirty eight cuts curiously Engraven on Copper Plates, representing in their due Proportion the several Positions of a Foetus. Also A New Method, demonstrating, How Infants ill situated in the Womb, whether obliquely, or in a strait Posture, may, by the Hand only, without the Use of any Instrument, be turned into their right Position, without hazarding the Life either of Mother or Child. Written in Latin by Henry à Daventer. Made English. To which is added, a preface giving some account of this work, by an eminent physician.

Title
The art of midwifery improv'd. [electronic resource] : Fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife. And The many Errors in all the Books hitherto written upon this Subject clearly refuted. Illustrated with thirty eight cuts curiously Engraven on Copper Plates, representing in their due Proportion the several Positions of a Foetus. Also A New Method, demonstrating, How Infants ill situated in the Womb, whether obliquely, or in a strait Posture, may, by the Hand only, without the Use of any Instrument, be turned into their right Position, without hazarding the Life either of Mother or Child. Written in Latin by Henry à Daventer. Made English. To which is added, a preface giving some account of this work, by an eminent physician.
Author
Deventer, Hendrik van, 1651-1724
Publication
London : printed for W. Innys, and C. Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Hodges, near London Bridge; and J. Pemberton in Fleet-Street, MDCCXLVI. [1746]

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Description
[16],328p.,5 plates; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Manuale operation. Deel 1. English
Alternative Title
Manuale operation. Deel 1.
Subject
  • Fetus
  • Medicine > Practice
  • Obstetrics > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Reproduction of original from Countway Library of Medicine.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642140372
  • ECCO1-N14581
Author
Deventer, Hendrik van, 1651-1724.
Title
The art of midwifery improv'd. [electronic resource] : Fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife. And The many Errors in all the Books hitherto written upon this Subject clearly refuted. Illustrated with thirty eight cuts curiously Engraven on Copper Plates, representing in their due Proportion the several Positions of a Foetus. Also A New Method, demonstrating, How Infants ill situated in the Womb, whether obliquely, or in a strait Posture, may, by the Hand only, without the Use of any Instrument, be turned into their right Position, without hazarding the Life either of Mother or Child. Written in Latin by Henry à Daventer. Made English. To which is added, a preface giving some account of this work, by an eminent physician.
Imprint
London : printed for W. Innys, and C. Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Hodges, near London Bridge; and J. Pemberton in Fleet-Street, MDCCXLVI. [1746]
Edition
The fourth edition corrected.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N14581.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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