Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1488

CHARLES DELUCENA MEIGS (1792-1869) The Philadelphia practice of midwifery. James Kay, Jun. & Brother; Pittsburgh: C. H. Kay 1842 2nd ed. [2] 408 pp., [35] plates. 23 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1487

The first edition of Meigs' work (see No. 1487) was well received and was adopted as a textbook in many medical schools. In the Preface Meigs commented that "the work has been exhausted from the book-shelves, and I have been invited by the bookseller and publisher to prepare a second edition" (p. [5]). The size of the book was increased, larger type was used, and a number of additional plates added to increase its usefulness. This copy was in the library of Robert Bennett Bean (1874-1944) for many years and was given to William B. Bean by his mother in 1942. Robert B. Bean was a student and associate of Osler's at Johns Hopkins and was later professor of anatomy at the University of Virginia.

Gift of William B. Bean, M.D