Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. ; Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

  • Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.
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MDCCXC [1790]
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Credit: Outlines of the theory and practice of midwifery / by Alexander Hamilton, M.D. F.R.S. Edin. ; Professor of midwifery in the university, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. PART I. Anatomy and Physiology. Pag. Chap. I. Of the Pelvis - - 25 Se£t. I. Of the Parts feporately - 26 Se£t. II. Shape and Dimenftons - 32 Sed. III. Dijlorted Pelvis - - 35 Sedt. 1V. General Obfervations - 40 Chap. II. Female Parts of Generation - 43 Chap. III. Of the Menfes 50 Chap. IV. Of the Gravid Uterus - 57 Sect. I. Of Conception - - ib. Sedl. II. Struclure of the Ovum in early Gefla- tion 60 Se£t. III. Evolution of the Foetus - 64 Sedt. IV. Contents of the Uterus in advanced Gef- tution - - - 67 Seel:. V. Changes of the Uterine Syflem from Im- pregnation 75 Seel. VI. Manner of Circulation between the Mo- ther and Foetus. - - 82 Sedl. VII. Circulation in the Foetus - 83 Sect. VIII. Pofition of the Foetus in utero 85 Sect. IX. Peculiarities of the Foetus - 86 A Sc6l