HENRY C. LEA'S SON & Co.'s PUBLICATIONS Midwifery. 29 



PLAYFAIR, W. 8., M. D., F. R. C. P., 



Professor of Obstetric Medicine in King's College, London, etc. 



A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery. Third American 

 edition, revised by the Author. Edited, with additions, by EGBERT P. HARRIS, M. D. 

 In one handsome octavo volume of 659 pages, with 183 illustrations. Cloth, $4 ; leather, 

 $5 ; half Russia, $5.50. 



The medical profession has now the opportunity I all details not necessary for a full understanding 

 of adding to their stock of standard medical works of the subject are omitted. Cincinnati Medical 

 one of the best volumes on midwifery ever pub- News, Jan., 1880. 



lished. The subject is taken up with a master 

 hand. The part devoted to labor in all its various 

 presentations, the management and results, is ad- 

 mirably arranged, and the views entertained will 

 be found essentially modern, and the opinions ex- 

 pressed trustworthy. The work abounds with 

 plates, illustrating Various obstetrical positions ; 

 they are admirably wrought, and afford great 

 si'stance to the student. -N. 0. Medical and Sur- 



It certainly is an admirable exposition of the 

 science and practice of midwifery. Of course the 

 additions made by the American editor, Dr. R. P. 

 Harris, who never utters an idle wordj and whose 

 studious researches in some special departments 

 of obstetrics are so well known to the profession, 

 are of great value. The American Practitioner, 

 April, 1880. 



The tljird edition so soon following the second 



gical Journal, March, 1880. I shows that the good qualities of the book have been 



If inquired of by a medical student what work j recognized by the profession. The second Ameri- 

 on obstetrics we should recommend for him, par j can has been exhausted before the second English 



excellence, we would undoubtedly advise him to 

 choose Playfair's. It is of convenient size, but 

 what is of chief importance, its treatment of the 

 various subjects is concise and plain. While the 

 discussions and descriptions are sufficiently elabo- 

 rate to render a very intelligible idea of them, yet 



edition, and this is therefore especially prepared 

 and revised by the author for this country ; a fact 

 which ought to be satisfactory as to the profession 

 here being furnished with the latest work upon all 

 subjects pertaining to obstetrics. Am. Journal of 

 Med. Sciences, April, 1880. 



KING, A. F. A., M. D., 



Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women in the Medical Department of the Columbian Univer- 

 sity, Washington, D. C., and in the University of Vermont, etc. 



A Manual of Obstetrics. New edition. In one very handsome 12mo. volume 

 of 331 pages, with 59 illustrations. Cloth, $2.00. Just ready. 



In a series of short paragraphs and by a con- I that it will be in great demand by them, so suited 

 densed style of composition, the writer nas pre- is it to their wants. Of a size that it can be easily 

 sented a great deal of what it is well that every j carried, yet it contains all of the main points in 

 obstetrician should know and be ready to practice | obstetrics sufficiently elaborated to give a full and 

 or prescribe. The fact that the demand for the | correct idea of them. The general practitioner 

 volume has been such as to exhaust the first ] will also find it very useful for reference, for the 



edition in a little over a year and a half speaks 

 well for its popularity. American Journal of the 

 Medical Sciences, April, 1884. 



This little work upon obstetrics will be highly 

 valued by medical students. We feel quite sure 



purpose of refreshing the mind. We can confi- 

 dently assert that it will be found to be the best 

 class text-book upon obstetrics that has been 

 issued from the press. Cincinnati Medical News, 

 March, 1884. 



PARVIN, THEOPHILUS, M. &., LL. D., 



Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children in the Jefferson Medical College. 

 A Treatise on Midwifery. In one very handsome octavo volume of about 550 

 pages, with numerous illustrations. In press. 



BARNES, ROBERT, M. D., and FANCOURT, M. D., 



Phys. to the General Lying-in Hosp., Lond. Obstetric Phys. to St. Thomas' Hasp., Lond. 



A System of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery, Theoretical and Clin- 

 ical. For the Student and the Practitioner. The Section on Embryology contributed by 

 Prof. Milnes Marshall. In two handsome octavo volumes, profusely illustrated. In press. 



BARNES, FANCOURT, M. !>., 



Obstetric Physician to St. Thomas' Hospital, London. 



A Manual of Midwifery for Midwives and Medical Students. In one 



royal 12mo. volume of 197 pages, with 50 illustrations. Cloth, $1.25. 



PARRY, JO JIN 8., M. D., 



Obstetrician to the Philadelphia Hospital, Vice-President of the Obstet. Society of Philadelphia. 

 Extra - Uterine Pregnancy : Its Clinical History, Diagnosis, Prognosis and 

 Treatment. In one handsome octavo volume of 272 pages. Cloth, $2.50. 



TANNER, THOMAS HAWKES, M. D. 



On the Signs and Diseases of Pregnancy. First American from the second 

 English edition. In one handsome octavo volume of 490 pages, with 4 colored plates and 

 16 woodcuts. Cloth, $4.25. 



WINCKEL, F. 



A Complete Treatise on the Pathology and Treatment of Childbed. 



For Students and Practitioners. Translated, with the consent of the Author, from the 

 second German edition, by JAMES READ CHADWICK, M. D. In one octavo volume of 484 

 pages. Cloth, $4.00. 



