A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D.

  • Smellie, William, 1697-1763.
Date:
1787
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Credit: A set of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment of the practice of midwifery : with a view to illustrate a treatise on that subject, and collection of cases / by William Smellie, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    h PREFACE. ral things which otherwlfe by a bare reprefentation would be hardly intelligible. References are made to Vol. T, II. and III. By Vol. I. 1 mean that which I fir(l publifhed in the year 1752, and contains a view of the Theory and Prac- tice of Midwifery; Vol. 11. and ///. contain the col- lection ot cafes mentioned above. My firfl plan for thefe Tables confined them to the number of twenty- two, which Mr Rymfdyke had finiflied above two years ago j but I foon faw that a farther illuftration, and confequently an addition to that number, was ne- ceffary. In eleven of thefe, Dr Camper, formerly Profeffor of Medicine at Franequer in Friejland, now Profejfor of Anatomy and Botany dX Amflerdam^ greatly affiled me, viz. Table XII. XVI. XVII. XVill. XIX. XXIV.XXVi.XXVIL XXVIII.XXXIV. andXXXVI. The reft were drawn by Mr Ry?nfdyke; except the thirty-feventh and thirty-ninth, which were done by another hand. The whole of the drawings are faith- fully engraved: in which, however, delicacy and ele- gance have not been fo much confulted as to have fhem done in a ftrong and diftincl: manner; with this view chitBy, that from the cheapnefs of the work k may be rendered of more general u,fe.