Publications Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Obstetrician’s Armamentarium:
Historical Obstetric Instruments and Their Inventors
Brian Hibbard, MD(London), PhD
(Liverpool), FRCOG, FRACOG (Hon)
A few copies are available.
With over 500 illustrations, this work traces the evolution of obstetric instruments from ancient times to the early 20th century in Britain, Europe, and America. Learn more »
Milestones in Midwifery and The Secret Instrument: The Birth of the Midwifery Forceps
Walter Radcliffe, M.B., B.Chir., M.R.C.S
Out of Print
This reprint makes available in a single volume one of the most readable and authoritative histories of obstetrics and the exceptionally interesting history of the obstetrical forceps. Learn more »
The Development of Gynaecological Surgery and Instruments
James V. Ricci, M.D.
Out of Print
Reprint of the most comprehensive work ever written on the history of gynecological surgery and instruments, from ancient Greece and Rome to the age of antisepsis at the end of the nineteenth century. Learn more »
Obstetrics and Gynecology: A History and Iconography. (formerly Iconographia Gyniatrica)
Harold Speert, M.D.
Revised edition.
A few copies are available.
Updated and revised edition of this valuable pictorial history of the subject.. Learn more »
Renaissance Pregnancy Poster Out of Print
Full-color poster reproducing a hand-colored woodcut from Charles Estienne’s De dissectione partium corporis humani (1545). Learn more »
Twins In Utero Poster Out of Print
Full-color poster reproducing the original sepia drawing made for Plate 39 of William Smellie’s Sett of Anatomical Tables (1754). Learn more »
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