Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Of the rise and progress of the obstetric art

Call number

Ms. Codex 802
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2706826
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2706826

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

between 1775 and 1799

Place

England

Summary

Appears to be a fair copy of lecture notes on obstetrics. The unidentified author cites as authorities Smellie, Ould, Heister, Watts, Cadogan, and others. Particular cases described are from London or elsewhere in England.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption heading (f. 2r).
   

Extent

218 leaves : 208 x 126 (174 x 100) mm. bound to 215 x 140 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii (modern paper) + 218 + ii (modern paper); [1-218]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern quarter leather. Old water damage on the margins of the leaves; leaves are brittle, a few are torn.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by the Mercantile Library, Philadelphia (stamp, f. 2r).
   
• Sold by Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts, 1999.
   

Subjects topical

• Obstetrics--Early works to 1800
• Medicine--Study and teaching--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Lecture notes
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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