IN PRESS 



EDGAR'S OBSTETRICS 



A NEW TEXT-BOOK 



By J. CLIFTON EDGAR, M.D. 



Professor of Obstetrics, Medical Department of Cornell University, New York City? Physician to Mothers' and 

 Babies' Hospital and to the Emergency Hospital, etc. 



Octavo, about JOOO Pages; 900 Illustrations 



THE ILLUSTRATIONS in Edgar's Obstetrics surpass in number, in artistic 

 beauty and in practical worth those in any book of similar character. They are 

 largely from original sources. Those which follow other works have been 

 redrawn with modifications so that the entire series is new. All have been drawn 

 by artists of long experience in this department of medical illustration, and 

 whenever of advantage to do so are reproduced at a stated scale. 



No attempt has been made at display. When a small cut serves every pur- 

 pose drawings are not reproduced to occupy a large space; when black and white 

 are equally expressive an elaborate colored plate has not been used. So far 

 as possible, cuts have been inserted in the text where they are wanted and where 

 the eye catches them at the place the text explains them. Relative importance 

 has determined the selection, the size, and the character of each figure. There 

 are many explanatory diagrams which add greatly to the teaching values of the 

 pictures. The aim of author, artist, and publisher has been to make a series of 

 pictures useful to the student and reader, and no time, labor, or money has 

 been spared to gain this end. The lack of uniformity in quality and failure to 

 observe scale the great faults in books on this subject have been kept constantly 

 in mind, and every endeavor has been made to avoid similar defects. 



THE TEXT has been prepared with great care. The author's extensive 

 experience in hospital and private practice and as a teacher, his cosmopolitan 

 knowledge of literature and methods, and an excellent judgment based upon all 

 these fit him specially to prepare what must be a standard work for both students 

 and physicians. 



In the text as in the illustrating, uniformity and consistency have been kept 

 constantly in view. The subjects of monstrosities and malformations, for example, 

 do not take up space which could be better used for more practical and useful 

 matters, though these topics like others of their class receive due consideration 

 and are- illustrated by a very complete series of small figures. Nothing of 

 importance remains unsaid, and the relative value of each subject has been care- 

 fully planned out and fixed by deliberate thought. The author's reputation is 

 sufficient guarantee of the merit of this book ; the publishers, however, ask a 

 comparison with other works, with confidence that this will be found the most 

 useful. 



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