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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Manuale operatien, I. deel zijnde een neiuw ligt voor vroed-meesters en vroed-vrouen.

The Hague: The Author, 1701.

This work gives the first accurate description of the female pelvis and its deformities, and the effect of the latter in complicating labor. The first edition contains a relatively unattractive frontispiece portrait of the author, engraved by himself. Latin translation, Leiden, 1701. English translation, London, 1724.

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Entry Number#6253
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/7946
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External URLmanuale-operatien-i-deel-zijnde-een-neiuw-ligt-voor-vroedmeesters-en-vroedvrouen

Geographic Context

Publication place: The Hague

Mentioned in annotation: London; Leiden