Obstetrics : the theory and practice ; including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition, obstetrical operations, etc. / by P. Cazeaux ; remodelled and rearranged, with additions and revisions, by S. Tarnier.

  • Cazeaux, P. (Pierre), 1808-1862.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Obstetrics : the theory and practice ; including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition, obstetrical operations, etc. / by P. Cazeaux ; remodelled and rearranged, with additions and revisions, by S. Tarnier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    possibly have been attained without retouching the old text, by wlii*;]! a new direction and meaning has been sometimes given to the original ideas. Should it be desired to know certainly what Cazeaux's opiniona were, it will, therefore, be necessary to consult an old edition. Especially have I made it a duty not to change the spirit in which the work had been conceived; therefore I can say with Cazeaux, that, After a work has passed through several editions, a preface is hardly needed, for its object is then sufficiently well known. The present ia more particularly intended for the use of students of medicine and mid- wife-students, although general practitioners may also, perhaps, gain something by its perusal, for I have endeavored to make it a condensed summary of the leading principles established by the masters of our art, and for that purpose have drawn from all the works published down to the present day. My position in the lying-in hospitals has enabled me to test the value of the doctrines put forth by former authors; and I have adopted as true all which my daily experience haa confirmed, and have rejected unhesitatingly, from whatever source they came, all such as were disproved by the numerous cases brought under my observation, confining myself to quoting, without comment, those whose value I have been unable to determine. Although this work resembles, in its general arrangement, most of those published on the same subject in France, it differs from them essentially in the main; for 1 have adopted almost wholly the views of Professors Ntegele, P. Dubois, and Stoltz, which are not found clearly expressed in any of our classical books. I have also extracted freely from the learned treatise of Professor Velpeau, whose vast erudition has greatly facilitated my bibliographical researches; from the course of my former teacher, Professor Moreau; from the excellent articles of D^sormeaux, of Duges, and of Guillemot; from the classical works of England and America, such as those of Burns, Campbell, Merriman, Ramsbothara, Dewees, Meigs, and Rigby ; and from the treatises of Peu, Delamotte, Levret, Smellie, Baudelocque, Gardien, and Capuron. I have also consulted with advantage the manual recently published by my friend, Dr. Jacquemier; also, the memoirs of Simpson, Tyler Smith, Depaul, Devilliers, &c. I may be permitted also to express publicly my thanks to M. Coste, for his great kindness in allowing me to study his beautiful collection in the College of France, and to borrow several figures from the magnificent work which he is now publishing. Lastly, it will be seen how highly I value the eminently practical writings of Madame Lachapelle. In a word, I have selected from all sources