


MIDWIFERY GIFFARD (WILLIAM) Cases in Midwifery, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (3)
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MIDWIFERY
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Three classic works on obstetrics and midwifery. Giffard's work includes a series of 225 case studies of difficult deliveries, containing the first published descriptions of the use of obstetric forceps. The first edition of Culpeper's Directory is rare, with no copy listed on Rare Book Hub since 1938.
Provenance: First item, early ink inscription "it would have been better practice to have left this labour to nature", beside Case 98. "A Delivery, the Child presenting with the head foremost"; Second item, "J. Oldham 1783. I bought it for its antiquity not for its merit", inscription on title-page; Joseph J. Hilton M.D., bookplate dated 1938; Third item, Herbert McLean Evens, bookplate. All volumes with blindstamp of Emil J. Krahulik (1896-1992), obstetrician; by descent to current owner.