Abstract
THIS volume, which is from the pen of an eminent London specialist, represents the first detailed account by an English writer of British obstetrics during the period 1650-1800. The book consists of four chapters, preceded by an introduction on the Chamberlen family, one member of which, probably Peter the Elder, invented what the author rightly designates as “the most beneficent of surgical instruments,” the midwifery forceps.
The History of British Midwifery from 1650 to 1800: the Fitz-Patrick Lectures for 1927, delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London.
By Prof. Herbert R. Spencer. Pp. xxiv + 185 + 9 plates. (London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd., 1927.) 15s. net.
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The History of British Midwifery from 1650 to 1800: the Fitz-Patrick Lectures for 1927, delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London . Nature 122, 875–876 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122875a0
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