Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1794. First Isaiah Thomas Edition. Hardcover. Occasional foxing or staining, but generally clean in a Fine, handsome binding. Octavo (5" x 8-1/8") bound in recent full calf leather with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers; 302 pages. Complete with the original endpapers. First published in Edinburgh in 1784 and in America in Philadelphia in 1790, the Isaiah Thomas edition is fairly scarce.

Austin 862; Evans 27084; Heirs of Hippocrates 652: "Hamilton was the first to distinguish and describe uterine and vaginal discharge and he promoted the concept of the perineum as supporting the pelvic structure.... The American edition of his later publication, TREATISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE COMPLAINTS (1793), is the first American publication devoted to the subject of gynecology."

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 017239
Title: OUTLINES OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY
Author: HAMILTON, Alexander
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Occasional foxing or staining, but generally clean in a Fine, handsome binding
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Isaiah Thomas Edition
Publisher: Isaiah Thomas
Place of Publication: Worcester, MA
Date Published: 1794
Keywords: Americana, Midwifery, Medicine, Obstetrics, Medical, American Imprints
Bookseller catalogs: American Imprints; Americana; Medicine;

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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