1 Vol. 16mo, cloth. 41 Illustrations. $1.75. 

 THE 



HANDBOOK FOR MIDWIVES, 



BY 



HENRY FLY SMITH, B. A., M. D., OXON. 



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The midwife will find in the following pages, described in familiar 

 language, all the information necessary for a thorough understanding 

 of so much of the art of midwifery as belongs to her. Technical 

 words and phrases are added and explained, so that she may be able 

 to understand the orders and remarks of the accoucheur, when his 

 scientific assistance is required. 



A general anatomical sketch of the human body is given, with an 

 exact description of the parts concerned in the business of conception, 

 pregnancy and delivery. The progress of pregnancy and its signs, 

 the management of natural labor, and of the lying-in state, are 

 minutely detailed. The diseases and accidents peculiar to each con- 

 dition, the signs and symptoms of unnatural labor, and the treatment, 

 are fully described as far as the midwife requires for her guidance, 

 and for the recognition of impending danger, demanding the atten- 

 tion of the accoucheur. 



Drawings and diagrams are introduced wherever they can be of 

 service in facilitating the understanding of the text. The scope of the 

 book has been generally regulated by the German manual for mid- 

 wives, writen by Dr. B. Schultze, Professor of Obstetrics in the Uni- 

 versity of Jena. The works of Cazeau, Churchill, Ramsbotham, 

 Pwayne, Meigs, Bedford and other authors have been consulted 

 throughout, and due acknowledgment is here offered for the use 

 made of their well-known standard writings. 



JAMES CAMPBELL, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 



