System of Midwifery W.S. Playfair 1880 Third Ed. Rare Pregnancy Text Near Mint!

Description: A Treatise On The Science And Practice Of Midwifery , by W. S. Playfair, Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1880, Third American edition with notes and additions by Robert P. Harris, M.D., 655 pages plus 32 pages of publisher's ads at rear, with two plates and 183 illustrations. Dr. Playfair's distinction in his special department of practice was recognized by the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, which conferred on him- the. honorary degree of LL. D., and by the American and Boston Gynaecological Societies, which made him an honorary Fellow. These honors were well deserved, for Dr. Playfair was undoubtedly one of the foremost obstetricians in.this country. His Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery has passed through nine editions and has been translated into several foreign languages. He was also the author of a Handbook of Obstetric Operations published in I865; of the article, Diseases of the Womb, in Quain's -Dictionary of Medicine. Dr. Playfair was also the author of a monograph entitled Systematic Treatment of Nerve Prostration and Hysteria, in which he brought the Weir-Mitchell treatment before the medical profession in Britain. He was co-editor with Professor Clifford Allbutt of a System of Gynaecology, which appeared in I896.

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