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First American edition 1844 of an ob/gyn staple textbook
Practical Treatise on Midwifery: Exhibiting the Present Advanced State of the Science by F. J. Moreau, a leading early 19th century French physician
A good copy of a beautiful antique medical book with 80 stone lithographed plates
Four divisions in text: anatomy of female reproductive organs, functions of reproduction, normal labor and anomalies of labor
Around 400 pages of text and plates with extensive explantations
A large book that measures 11x13 inches and is 2 inches think
Published in Philadelphia by Carey & Hart
Most of the stone lithographs were drawn by S Cichowski, with one by G Schumacher
Lithographs printed by prominent Philadelphia firm of P. S. Duval
4 pages of interesting ads for other books published by Carey & Hart at the time
Translated from French by Thomas Forrest Betton, M.D.
Edited by Paul B. Goddard, M.D. of University of Pennsylvania

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