Midwifery.- Mauquest de La Motte (Guillaume) A general
Midwifery.- Mauquest de La Motte (Guillaume) A general treatise of midwifry: illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art, translated by Thomas Tomkyns, first edition in English, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, [G&M 6150; Wellcome III, p.439], Printed for James Waugh, at the Turk's Head, in Gracechurch-Street, 1746; and another 18th century French Midwifery, 8vo (2)
⁂ 'an important treatise in its time: it shows that Mauquest de la Motte applied podalic version to head preservation' (G&M). This English translation was prepared at the suggestion of William Smellie.
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Midwifery.- Mauquest de La Motte (Guillaume) A general treatise of midwifry: illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art, translated by Thomas Tomkyns, first edition in English, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, [G&M 6150; Wellcome III, p.439], Printed for James Waugh, at the Turk's Head, in Gracechurch-Street, 1746; and another 18th century French Midwifery, 8vo (2)
⁂ 'an important treatise in its time: it shows that Mauquest de la Motte applied podalic version to head preservation' (G&M). This English translation was prepared at the suggestion of William Smellie.
