An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a set of anatomical tables with explanations / collected from the works of the celebrated, W. Smellie, M.D.

  • Smellie, William, 1697-1763.
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[1786]
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An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a set of anatomical tables with explanations / collected from the works of the celebrated, W. Smellie, M.D. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery

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Boston : Printed and sold by J. Norman at his office near the Boston-Stone, [1786]

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2 unnumbered pages, 56 pages, XXXIX leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)

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A new edition.

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Previously published in London under title: A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery
Referred to in the editor's (i. e. John Norman's) dedication as the "first attempt at anatomical engraving in this Commonwealth"
Frontispiece signed: Engraved by J. Norman July 1786
Signatures: [A]1 chi⁴ B-G⁴
NLM copy: final leaf is damaged and repaired, affecting headline.
Film 633 reel 88 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 88, no. 1754).

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Evans 19992
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1754
Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p
ESTC (RLIN) W8606

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1961. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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