The History of Medicine, Surgery, and Anatomy, Vol. 2 of 2
Author: William Hamilton
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-12-21
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781334716379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The History of Medicine, Surgery, and Anatomy, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Creation of the World, to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century French, English, and other languages. With all its defects, it continued the only manual used in England by midwives before the appearance of Chamberlen's translation of Marigeau's work, con taining an account of the first material improve ment in the art, made about the year 1550 by Am brose Pare, who recommended, in all cross pre sentations, turning the child and bringing it away by the feet; a rule which was farther explained and extended by his pupil Guillemeau, and after wards by Mariceau, La Motte, Peu, Puzos, and other French writers, and has since been generally adopted not only in cross presentations, but in all cases of ooding, whatever the mode Of presenta tion, as well as in those in which the fum's comes down first, and by some surgeons also in cases wherein at present the lever and forceps are most commonly employed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
