A compendium of the theory and practice of midwifery
Subtitle: containing practical instructions for the management of women during pregnancy, in labour, and in child-bed; calculated to correct the errors, and to improve the practice, of midwives; as well as to serve as an introduction to the study of this art, for students and young practitioners
By: By Samuel Bard
Publisher: Printed and sold by Collins and Perkins ...
Published: 1808
Place of publication: New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Newborn infants; Midwifery; Obstetric Labor; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Obstetric Delivery; Women
Notes: Glossary: p. [237]-239.

Errata: p. 239.

Publisher's advertisement: final page.

First edition, second issue. First issue was in 1807. A second edition was published in 1812.

Austin 117.

Eimas: Heirs of Hippocrates 1050 (1807 issue)

Norman 120 (1807 issue)

GM 6163.1.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sotheby's (via Phelps) Note: Binding: Contemp. tree calf, double gilt rules on spine, red morocco label. In recent slipcase