Hardcover textbook covered in brown leather; title stamped in gold on spine; book is divided into parts: Anatomy and Physiology of the Organs Concerned in Parturition, Pregnancy, Labor, Obstetric Operations, and The Puerperal State; two black and white plates and one in colour; list of Lea & Blanch…
Hardcover textbook covered in brown leather; title stamped in gold on spine; book is divided into parts: Anatomy and Physiology of the Organs Concerned in Parturition, Pregnancy, Labor, Obstetric Operations, and The Puerperal State; two black and white plates and one in colour; list of Lea & Blanchard publications at back; 696 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by Dean Barry Smith, Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University
Handwritten in ink on first page: "S. H. Thorne // R.C.P.S. Kingston // 86-7"; printed inside: "A TREATISE // ON // THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE // OF // MIDWIFERY. // BY // W. S. PLAYFAIR, M.D., F.R.C.P., // FOURTH AMERICAN FROM THE FIFTH ENGLISH EDITION. // WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS // BY // ROBERT P. HARRIS, M.D. // WITH THREE PLATES AND TWO HUNDRED AND ONE ILLUSTRATIONS. // PHILADELPHIA: // LEA BROTHERS & CO. // 1885"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Dimension Notes
Size: Length 24.0 cm x Width 15.8 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Cover is scratched and worn, with brown marks and some water damage; pages are brown at edges
Copy Type
Original
Exhibit History
On exhibit in the Friend-Vandewater Gallery in Botterell Hall, Queen's University; removed January 27, 2010