24 HK.VHY C. LEA'S PUBLICATIONS (Midwifery). 



PLAYFAIR ( w. s.), M.D., F.R.C.P., 



Prnfwr <>f dMttrit- Medicine, in King'* College, etc. etc. 



A TRBkTISE ON THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY. 



Second American, from the Second and Revised English Edition. Edited, with Addi- 

 tions, by ROBERT P. HAKIMS, M.D. In one handsome octavo volume of G39 pages, with 

 1^'J illustrations. Cloth, $4 00 ; Leather, $5.00. (Just Ll^nlq ) 



In reprinting this work from the second London edition, the position which it has assumed 

 in this country as an authoritative text-book seemed to call for such additions MS would render 

 it more completely suited to the wants of the American student. A careful scrutiny on the part 

 of the editor h,is shown that but little was required for this purpose ; the work, though condensed, 

 being very complete and accurate. With the exception of numerous short foot-notes, therefore, 

 his additions have been confined to points in which the experience and practice of American 

 obstetricians differ from those of England, and to one or two matters of recent interest. These 

 are chiefly the Caesarean Section ; the varieties of forceps, and their use in the dorsal decubitus; 

 dystocia from tetanoid uterine constriction; and the intra-veuous injection of milk, as a substi- 

 tute for the transfusion of blood. 



The position which this work has so quickly taken 

 in this couutry as an authoritative text-book renders 

 any exleude I con-ideration .of its \ Ian and scope 

 unnecessary. Its merits, which are many, have al- 

 ready fonud their way to the appreciation of students 

 and practitioners alike in the leug'h and breadth of 

 the land. Am. fSupp. Ob^tet. Juu.ru. of Gt. Britain 

 and Ireland, Oct.]S7S. 



This excellent text-book has been submitted to a 

 thorough and careful revision, and will be found 

 fully up to the times in every department. The 

 cotes by the American editor enhance the value of 

 the work for the American student. Those on the 

 nse of forceps are particularly g->od, and constitute 

 by themselves a valuable chapter. A T . Y. M.d. 

 Journ , Nov. 1S78. 



The bst work on the subject ever published in the 

 English language It is written in a clear, pleasant 

 style, with nit that verbosity which characterizes 

 some modern and highly pretentious works. The au- 

 thoi is quite up with the times, both in practice and 



theory. It is the best text-book we have for students, 

 and sufficiently full of detail to supply all the wants 

 of the practitioner. We would gladly see it in the 

 hands of all who practise midwifery. Canadian 

 Journ. nf Med. Sci., Nov. 187 8. 



Probably this is the very best and most useful 

 manual of midwifery now available to the profes- 

 sion. Itiswritten in lucid, scholarly Eimli>h, which 

 some of our cis-Atlantic writers would do well to 

 imitate. There has been no attempt to swell the 

 magnitude of the work by fine writing, or by lengthy 

 discussions of obs cure points of which no trustworthy 

 solution has yet been reached ; on the contrary, the 

 tendency is throughout obviously towards simplic- 

 ity. The chapter upon the Mechanism of Labor 

 (which ougiit to be the crowning chapter in a trea- 

 tise on obstetrics) is remarkably clear and good, and 

 is divested of those features which in almost every 

 other work we know lets only darkness instead of 



only d 

 -X. C. 



light in upon the subject. Jf. C. Med. Journ.. Oct. 



1878. 



J)ARNES (FANCOURT), M.D., 



** Physician to the General Lying-in Hospital, London. 



A MANUAL OF MIDWIFERY FOR MIDWIVES. With numerous 



illustrations. In one neat royal 12mo. volume. (In Press.) 



BANNER (THOMAS R.}, M.D. 



OX THE SIGNS AND DISEASES OF PREGNANCY. First American 



from the Second and Enlarged English Edition. With four colored plates and illustra- 

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