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HARVIE, John (fl. 18th century). Practical Directions, shewing a Method of preserving the Perinaeum in Birth, and Delivering the Placenta without violence. Illustrated by Cases. London: D. Wilson and G. Nicol, 1767.
8o (203 x 124 mm.) Modern half calf; cloth folding case. Provenance: Miles H. Phillips (signature on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. "Harvie, Smellie's successor, advocated external expression of the placenta instead of traction on the cord, anticipating Cred in this connection by almost a century" (Garrison-Morton 6156). Waller 4133; Wellcome III, p.221; Norman 1013.
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FIRST EDITION. "Harvie, Smellie's successor, advocated external expression of the placenta instead of traction on the cord, anticipating Cred in this connection by almost a century" (Garrison-Morton 6156). Waller 4133; Wellcome III, p.221; Norman 1013.