Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1234

WILLIAM POTTS DEWEES (1768-1841) A compendious system of midwifery chiefly designed to facilitate the inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of study. H. C. Carey and I. Lea 1826 2nd ed. 612 pp., illus. 20.8 cm.

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Dewees was much in demand for his services, and Kelly notes that he "was so famous that no parturient woman of the time considered herself safe in other hands" (Howard A. Kelly, Dictionary of American medical biography. New York, 1928. p. 322). Dewees' System of midwifery, unlike other early American works on the subject, contains a good deal of original material, including several well-executed plates. It ran through twelve editions.

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 461 (London ed., 1825)