Volume 1

A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W. S. Playfair.

  • William Smoult Playfair
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery / by W. S. Playfair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    TO THE EIGHTH EDITION. The large edition of this Treatise which was published in the spring of 1889 being completely exhausted, the author has subjected the work to a thorough revision. Since 1889 much progress has been made in certain departments of obstetrics which has necessitated changes, amounting to the almost complete rewriting of some of the chapters, as, for instance, those on extra-uterine pregnancy, the Cmsarean section, symphysiotomy, and puerperal septiceemia. Several new illustrations have also been added. He trusts that these alterations may make the present edition a satisfactory guide to the most recent advances in obstetric medicine, and secure for it the same favourable reception which the profession has given to its predecessors, for which he feels very grateful. He has to express his thanks for many letters he has received from students of medicine, in all parts of the country, containing criticisms and suggestions, which all show how carefully the book had been studied, and some of which he has adopted, amongst them the addition of a separate index to the first volume. He has also to express his obligations to his friend and colleague Dr. John Phillips, who, it is to be feared at much inconvenience to himself, has again carefully revised the proof-sheets, and also to his cousin. Dr. Hugh Pl.\yfair, for assistance in the same tedious task. 31 George Street, Hanover Square, W. ; March 1893.