LEA & BLANC HARD, 



HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED, 



MIDWIFERY ILLUSTRATED, 



BY FRANCIS H. RAMSBOTHAM, M.D., 



PHYSICIAN TO THE ROYAL MATERNITY CHARITY, AND LECTURER ON MIDWIFERY AT THE 

 LONDON HOSPITAL, ETC. 



THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 



OF 



OBSTETRIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 



IN REFERENCE TO THE 



Process of Parturition, 



ILLUSTRATED BY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO FIGURES. 



FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, REVISED. 



In one large octavo volume. 



From among numerous commendations of this work of Dr. Ramsbotham, the American 

 publishers append a few, and would particularly call the attention of the medical public to 

 the execution of the numerous plates, which form a most important feature in the volume. 

 The great expense they have incurred in its production calls for an extended sale, which they 

 trust the merits of the work will command. 



" It is a good and thoroughly practical treatise ; the different subjects are laid down in a clear and 

 perspicuous form, and whatever is of importance is illustrated by first rate engravings. As a work convey- 

 ing good, sound, practical precepts, and clearly demonstrating the doctrines of obstetrical science, we can 

 confidently recommend it either to the student or practitioner." Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science. 



" It is the book on Midwifery for students: clear, but not too minuto in its details, and sound in its prac- 

 tical instructions. It is so completely illustrated by plates (admirably chosen and executed) that the stu- 

 dent must be stupid indeed who does not understand the details of this branch of the science, so far al least 

 as description can make them intelligible." Dublin Journal of Medical Science. 



"There is so much in the practice of Midwifery which cannot be understood without pictorial illustra- 

 tions, that they become almost essential to the student; but hitherto the expense has proved an impediment 

 to their being employed so much as desirable. The work has only to be known to make the demand for it 

 very extensive." Medical Gazette. 



" We strongly recommend the work of Dr. Ramsbotham to all our obstetrical readers, especially to those 

 who are entering upon practice. It is not only one of the cheapest, but one of the most beautiful works in 

 Midwifery." British and Foreign Medical Review. 



" We feel much pleasure in recommending to the notice of the profession one of the cheapest and most 

 elegant productions of the medical press of the present day. The text is written in a clear, concise, anil 

 simple style. We offer our most sincere wishes that the undertaking may enjoy all the success which it so 

 well merits." Dublin. Medical Press. 



" We most earnestly recommend this work to the student, who wishes to acquire knowledge, and to the 

 practitioner who wishes to refresh his memory, as a most faithful picture of practical Midwifery; and we 

 can with justice say, that altogether it is one of the best books we have read on the subject of obstetrical 

 medicine and surgery." Medico- Chirurgical Review. 



" It is intended expressly for students and junior practitioners in Midwifery; it is therefore, as it ought 

 to be, elementary, and will not, consequently, admit of an elaborate and extended review. Our chief 

 object ROW is to state our decided opinion, that this work is by far the best that has appeared in this 

 country, for those who seek practical information upon Midwifery, conveyed in a clear and concise style. 

 The value of the work, too, is strongly enhanced by the numerous and beautiful drawings, by Bagg, which 

 are in the first style of excellence. Every point of practical importance is illustrated, that requires the 

 aid of the engraver to fix it upon the mind, and to render it clear to the comprehension of the student." 

 London Medical Gazette. 



" Among the many literary undertakings with which the Medical press at present teems, there are few 

 that deserve a warmer recommendation at our hands than the work we might almost say the obstetrical 

 library, comprised in a single volume which is now before us. Few works surpass Dr. Ramsbotham's in 

 beauty and elegance of getting up, and in the abundant and excellent engravings with whiefh it is illus- 

 trated. We heartily wish the volume the success which it merits, and we have no doubt that before long it 

 will occupy a place in every medical library in the kingdom. The illustrations are admirable; they are the 

 joint production of Bagg and Adlard; and comprise, within the series, the best obstetrical plates of our 

 best obstetrical authors, ancient and modern. Many of the engravings are calculated to fix the eye aa 

 much by their excellence of execution and their beauty as works of art, as by their fidelity to nature and 

 anatomical accuracy :'Tkt Lancet. 



