Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 862

ANDRE LEVRET (1703-1780) L'art des accouchemens, demontré par des principes de physique et de méchanique. Chez P. Alex, Le Prieur 1761 2nd ed. [4] xvi, 466 [2] pp., port., 5 fold. plates. 19.3 cm.

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Levret first prepared this work as a text and guide for his students in 1753. A standard text for many years, it covers a wide range of subjects: female pelvic anatomy, conception, normal and pathological conditions, and the stages of gestation, parturition, and post partum period. There is also a section on the care of infants and small children. This edition includes Levret's views on the aphorisms of Mauriceau (see No. 604 ff.). The work is well-illustrated with five folding copperplates depicting the pelvis and uterus during various stages of fetal development.

See Related Record(s): 604

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 6153 (1st ed., 1753); Waller 5762; Wellcome III, p. 510

Gift of John Martin, M.D.