Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1033

ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1739-1802) A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy. Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell 1792 A new ed. 369 (misnumbered 379) [3] pp. 16.4 cm.

Although the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary appointed its first professor of midwifery in 1726, it was not until 1783 that Alexander Hamilton actually established the Edinburgh School of Midwifery, complete with a separate maternity hospital. 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 present work is the first American publication devoted to the subject of gynecology.

Cited references: Austin 866; Cushing H83; Wellcome III, p. 202 (Edinburgh ed., 1792)