Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 826

WILLIAM SMELLIE (1697-1763) A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgement, of the practice of midwifery. [n. publ.] 1754 [44] pp., 39 plates. Copy 1: 53.6 cm.; Copy 2: 52.6 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 825

Only two years after his famed treatise of midwifery appeared, Smellie published this set of plates, which is very rare and is said to have been issued in only 100 copies. The life-size plates are distinguished for their accuracy and are only to be compared with those of Smellie's pupil, William Hunter, whose Anatomia uteri humani gravidi (see No. 942) was one of the finest of all anatomical atlases.

See Related Record(s): 942

Cited references: Russell 753; Waller 9012

Copy 1: Gift of Everett D. Plass, M.D. Copy 2: Gift of John Martin, M.D