Volume 1

The principles and practice of obstetric medicine, in a series of systematic dissertations on midwifery, and on the diseases of women and children ... / By David D. Davis.

  • Davis, David D., 1777-1841.
Date:
1836
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    sional duties, it cannot be expected that. all the subjects of the present work, so numerous and multifarious as they must be ac- knowledged to be, shall have received that uniform equality of illus- tration to which a Treatise of this kind might properly have laid claim. The Author can only regret that the execution of the whele and of every part of. the undertaking is not more worthy of the liberal sup- port with which it has been honoured by the Profession. The Author is happy to think that, although the work has gone considerably beyond the limits originally contemplated and an- nounced, both in the extent of the Letter press and number of Plates, the price has not been suffered to exceed the sum stipulated in the Prospectus. Of the numerous lithographic prints which are given throughout these volumes the Author may perhaps be permitted to speak with almost unmixed satisfaction, as in his opinion they are generally exe- cuted with great truth and spirit. He feels therefore much obliged to Mr. W. Fairland for the substantially additional value which these pages have unquestionably derived from his excellent delineations. For the beauty of the line drawings exhibited in the representations of Instruments, given in most of the recently published Plates, he is especially indebted to M. Rue, of Mr. Hullmandel’s Establishment. The number of Plates promised was upwards of 60: the number given is 65; of which 17 are Plates of double size: not to add that many of them are in fact representations of a considerable variety of kindred subjects delineated on the same page. In conclusion, the Author trusts that the work, now brought to a close, will gain for him the honest approbation of his readers, as having furnished for the student, by its direct instruction, the means of acquiring an accurate knowledge of a very important department of medical science, and for gentlemen P ? s c
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