F.W. Cock: "The life work of an 18th Century Man-midwife (William Waylett [1728-1815])"

The life work of an 18th Century Man-midwife (William Waylett [1728-1815]). Addenda. Author's holograph MSS. Produced in London.

1 volume 8 ff., 6 ff. 4to. 251/2 x 201/2 cm. Unbound.

Purchased at Sotheby's 8/5/1944, Lot 292 (part) (accession 92713)

The original paper was published in the 'Guy's Hospital Gazette', 1904. It was published with the 'Addenda' as a presidential address to the Harveian Society of London in 1907. Very few copies were printed, and the full title was: 'The Life-work of an 18th Century Man-Midwife, Wm. Waylett, 1757-1815, of Lydd, Kent'.

A copy, printed on one side only, and cut up, is bound in with MS. 4979 [Waylett (W.)1 & Waylett (W.)2].

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).