Researches in obstetrics / by J. Matthews Duncan.

  • Duncan, J. Matthews (James Matthews), 1826-1890.
Date:
1868
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    affecting the natural history of man and his social welfare. The book is not at all prolix or dogmatic, for Dr. Duncan belongs to the very valuable class of authors who collect and digest facts, but refrain from the reflections which these facts suggest. We have been tempted to indulge in some speculations, and feel certain that all readers who can think will find new matter for considera- tion in the book. They wiU find nothing garbled, no concealment, no prejudice, but a large collection of interesting materials intelli- gently arranged. From the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Eeview. A valuable contribution towards the study of this subject. Our limits prevent us from undertaking more than a very brief survey of the opinions put forward, and we must refer our readers to the volume itself for the tables on which they are based. From the Glasgow Medical Journal. To do sufficient justice in a mere cursory notice to such a work as that on Fecundity, etc., is simply impossible. The subject is a vast one, and comprehensive as is Dr. Duncan's treatise, he evidently does not claim the merit of having exhausted it. It would be difficult to find any one better adapted than Dr. Duncan for the task which he has so ably performed, and whereby he has rendered such valuable service to medical as well as statistical science.