Volume 1

A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery: including the history, nature, and tendency of that science, with a view of its several branches, and the proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole : together with animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur publicly delivered the 4th of October, 1773 / by John Leake.

John Leake

Date:: [1776?]

Credit: A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery: including the history, nature, and tendency of that science, with a view of its several branches, and the proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole : together with animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur publicly delivered the 4th of October, 1773 / by John Leake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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