Obstetrics and gynecology : a history and iconography
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Obstetrics and gynecology : a history and iconography
Parthenon, c2004
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Previous ed.: San Francisco, Calif.: Norman, 1994
Rev. 3rd ed.of: Iconographia gyniatrica
Description and Table of Contents
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From early cave drawings to digital photographs, man has recorded his observations and impressions in images for about 3,000 years. Monumental in scope, containing more than 1000 illustrations, Obstetrics and Gynecology: A History and Iconography is the revised third edition of Iconographia Gyniatrica, the first comprehensive record of the history of obstetrics and gynecology through pictures. Drawing upon masterpieces of art, archeology, and medicine throughout the ages, this work is the most complete pictorial record of the art and science of obstetrics and gynecology ever published.
Uniquely qualified to produce this authoritative volume, Harold Speert, MD, is a world class researcher on the physiology of reproduction, the pathology of pregnancy, gynecologic cancer and the history of obstetrics and gynecology. From the clay vessels of early civilizations, the manuscripts and textbooks of the past thousand years, the paintings of the Renaissance and the modern world, the engravings of the nineteenth century, and the cartoons of the twentieth, the author presents a pictorial history of the profession.
Table of Contents
The Female Anatomy
Pregnancy: Diagnosis, Scenes, and Garb
The Midwives
Birth Scenes
The Anatomy of Pregnancy
Man's Beginnings: Embryology
The Obstetric Pelvis
Labor and Its Complications
Accouterments of the Birth Chamber
Puerperal Fever
Cesarean Section
The Newborn: Resuscitation, Swaddling, Circumcision, and Baptism
Nursing
Monsters and Myths
Multiple Pregnancy and Birth
Fertility and Its Control
Gynecology
Hospitals for Women
Obstetric and Gynecologic Texts
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