The male mid-wife and the female doctor : the gynecology controversy in nineteenth century America.

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1974
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New York : Arno Press, 1974.

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22, 48, 50, 48, 50 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Reprint of Remarks on the employment of females as practitioners in midwifery, by a physician, published in 1820 by Cummings and Hilliard, Boston; of Letter to ladies, in favor of female physicians, by S. Gregory, published in 1850 by the American Education Society, Boston; of Man-midwifery exposed and corrected, by S. Gregory, published in 1848 by G. Gregory, Boston; of Medical morals, illustrated with plates and extracts from medical works, by G. Gregory, published in 1853 in New York; and of Report of the trial: The people versus Dr. Horatio N. Loomis, for libel, reported by F. T. Parsons, stenographer, published in 1850 by Steam Press, Buffalo.

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    History of Medicine
    UM.6
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  • 0405058101