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A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, (1752-1764) by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery (1752-1764), by William Smellie
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 04, 2017
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery is a three volume collection of patient accounts that William Smellie published from 1752 to 1764…
LiteratureMidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetrics
William Smellie (1697–1763)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 30, 2017
William Smellie helped to incorporate scientific medicine into the process of childbirth in eighteenth century Britain. As a male physician…
MidwivesObstetrical ForcepsChildbirthObstetricsLabor (Obstetrics)
Joseph Bolivar DeLee (1869–1942)
By: Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 20, 2021
Joseph Bolivar DeLee was an obstetrician in the US between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who advocated for the specialized teaching of…
Medicine--History--BibliographyMedicine--United States--HistoryMedicine--History--20th centuryChildbirthObstetrical Forceps
“The Prophylactic Forceps Operation” (1920), by Joseph Bolivar DeLee
By: Alexis Darby, Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 18, 2021
In 1920, Joseph Bolivar DeLee published the article, “The Prophylactic Forceps Operation,” in which he describes how physicians can manually remove a…
LiteratureMedicine--United States--HistoryMedicine--History--20th centuryChildbirthChildbirth at home