The students' handbook of gynecology : specially designed to assist those commencing the study of diseases of women.

Date:
1893
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    THE CATECHISM SERIES. Price One Shilling net, each Part. MIDWIFERY. [two parts.] 'Messrs E. & S. Livingstone have made a desirable addition to their Catechism Series of Medical Handbooks. The little work just issued deals with the all-important subject of Midwifery, and is complete in two Parts of the usual size and price. Within this small compass there is no inconsiderable amount of useful matter relative to amongst'other things—menstruation, pregnancy, parturi- tion, instrumental deliveries, praeternatural and complex labours, foetal complications, puerperium, and the feeding of the infant. This information, conveyed in answers to the many questions set, is intelligently put,, carefully prepared, and accurate in detail. The letterpress is interspersed here and there with sketches. To say that these small books will be of help in memorising important points, and of special service when preparing for an examination, is but to reiterate what has been so often expressed in regard to other volumes in this capital series.'—Dispatch College Column. 'Like some of our famous medical contemporaries, we are not altogether in love with the pernicious cram-book. Some men think that by vigorous grinding of a cram-book, for a week or two previous to an exam., work can be easily got up. No greater mistake can be made: slow but sure absorption is the only royal road to the happy condition of knowing one's work. After work has been properly got up, we know of no better way of refreshing one's memory of details than by a judicious use of books such as those produced by Messrs E. & S. Livingstone in their Catechism Series. Midwifery, Part I„ is a very commendable little volume, and its sections bearing on the pathology of pregnancy and the pelvis, normal and abnormal, are first-class. Part II. is very good on instrumental delivery and the pathology of puerperium, whilst a short chapter on the feeding of the youngster contains much valuable information for men hoping soon to be let loose on the public.' As an aid to systematic reading to seniors, we can really recommend those little volumes. They are thoroughly in accord- ance with the principles and practice of Midwifery as taught in this School.' —The Student.