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W.F. Montgomery, A.M. M.D. M.R.I.A. & Fleetwood Churchill, M.D. An Exposition Of The Signs And Symptoms Of Pregnancy, The Period Of Human Gestation, And The Signs Of Delivery. BOUND WITH Observations On The Diseases Incident To Pregnancy And Childbed
London / Dublin Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper Paternoster-Row / Martin Keene And Son, 6, College-Green 1837 First Edition Fine Binding Very Good Book
Dated 1840 and 1837 Both First Editions. Groundbreaking Early Medical works on Pregnancy, Childbirth and Midwifery. Size 8.75" x 5.75", 463 and 344 pages. Bound in dark brown calf over marbled boards. Five raised bands to the spine, decorated with gilt lines, with gilt titles on a black morocco label in the second and tooled star and lattice pattern in the remaining compartments. Condition very good, professionally rebound with the original spine laid down, the binding is sound and firm with just slight rubbing to the edges. The internal condition is very good, hospital medical library stamp to verso of first title page and on the second title page. No other stamps or markings, the pages and plates are very clean throughout with virtually no foxing. W.F. Montgomery's "Exposition On The Signs And Symptoms Of Pregnancy, The Period Of Human Gestation And The Signs Of Delivery" is described as "one of the classics in British obstetrical literature" (Kerr, Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Gynaecology) With 12 full page plates. Eleven of the plates are beautifully and delicately hand-coloured, nine depict the Areola of the Breast at various stages in pregnancy, three depict pictures of Ovaries and Uteri. Montgomery was the first to discover the subtle changes in the areola in the early stages of pregnancy and they have been called "Montgomery's glands" ever since. "Montgomery's glands" - the sebaceous glands of the areola, and his 'tubercles' (the secondary areola seen in pregnancy) are both described in this work. "Montgomery's chapter on 'Mammary Sympathies', containing his description of the breast changes of pregnancy, has never been improved upon. The symptomatic fullness and general enlargement of the organ drew only his passing notice, whereas he dealt with the areola in minute detail, considering its size, colour, texture, and, most important, the intra-areolar papillae previously identified with the name of Morgagni, but now better known as the tubercles of Montgomery" (Speert, Obstetric and Gynecologic Milestones). "Montgomery's classic . . . with its beautiful illustrations in colour unsurpassed even to-day. . . . one of the classics in British obstetrical literature" (Kerr, Historical Review of British Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Montgomery's book concludes with "On the Spontaneous Amputation of the Fetal Limbs in Utero". Which includes 6 engravings of examples of spontaneous fetal amputation. 12453
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378.68 GBP
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