Deventer Hendrick (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to (19.6 cm), contemporary dutch vellum with gold title on label at spine, a good, clean and genuine copy. Engraved frontispiece (bound after the printed title), printed title in red and black, pp. [20 incl. front.], 274, [6 nn.], with 38 figures on 35 engraved plates, some of them signed Phi[lippe] Bouttats. Small stamp of release from a German library on printed title. First Edition in Latin (in the same year as the Dutch original). Deventer gave the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, thus providing the practical basis for modern obstetrics. Deventer made it absolutely clear that the woman's bony pelvis was unyielding during labor, and that pelvic abnormalities and deformities of the spine as well had to be considered by the obstetrician. He corrected Mauriceau's misconception of the growth of the uterus in pregnancy, and made the first attempt at an accurate description of the axis of the birth-canal. Deventer "became interested in bone deformities because of his extensive experience in obstetrics, unusual for a male practitioner at that time. He noted, first, the many abnormal pelves which interfered with parturition. Among them were many cases associated with scoliosis. The latter condition attracted his attention, and much of his effort thereafter was spent in the study of spinal deformities ." (Bick 56). Garrison-Morton n. 6253 (for the Dutch edition). This work was translated into German, French and English, and went out of date only after the mid-nineteenth century. Speert, Milestones 159 & Iconographia 212 & 517. Thoms 11-15. Cutter & Viets 13.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1725 Deventer on Pregnancy Childbirth Defect OBGYN Surgery Illustrated Midwifery Hendrick Deventer was a 16th-century physician known for his breakthrough studies and discoveries on pregnancy and the pelvic birth canal. These studies were gathered in his surgery manual in which is known to be, according to Garrison-Morton, "this work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labor." Deventer was devoted to studying the practice of midwifery and obstetrics, seeking to solve many unsolved problems relating to pregnancy and women's health. This 1725 Latin edition was translated from the original Dutch and features 37 impressive engravings of various aspects of delivery and other facets of midwifery. Item number: #4310 Price: $795 DEVENTER, Hendrick van Henrici a Deventer, Medicinæ Doctoris, Operationum Chirurgicarum, Novum Lumen Exhibentium Obstetricantibus, Pars . Pars Prima Qua fideliter manifestatur Ars Obstetricanti Et Quidquid Ad Eam Requiritur . Lugduni Batavorum : Verbeek, 1725. Details: Collation complete with all pages: 2 parts in 1 o Part I "Qua Fideliter Manifestatur Ars Obstetricandi et Quid ad Eam Requiritur" [10], 274, [6] 37 plates o Part II "Et Quae Exhibet Ulterius Examen Partuum Difficilium" [12], 67, [13] References: Blake 118; Wellcome II, 460; Garrison & Morton 6253; Heirs of Hippocracy 441 Language: Latin Binding: Leather; tight & secure Size: ~8in X 6.75in (20.5cm x 17cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 4310 Photos available upon request.