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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

History of Obstetrics

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1791Abhandlung über die Entbindungskunst.
MOHRENHEIM, Joseph Jacob von (1759 – 1797)
1872English midwives.
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
1882Labor among primitive peoples.
ENGELMANN, George Julius (1847 – 1903)
ENGELMANN, George Julius (1847 – 1903)
1882The Chamberlens and the midwifery forceps.
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
AVELING, James Hobson (1828 – 1892)
1887Les accouchements à la cour.
WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph (1844 – 1922)
1887Histoire des accouchements chez tous les peuples.
WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph (1844 – 1922)
1894Les accouchements dans les beaux-arts, dans la littérature et au théatre.
WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph (1844 – 1922)
1897Entwickelungslehre, Geburtshülfe und Gynäkologie in der hippokratischen Schriften.
FASBENDER, Heinrich (1843 – 1914)
1901​–1902Versuch einer Geschichte der Geburtshilfe. 2te. Aufl. 2 vols.
SIEBOLD, Eduard Caspar Jacob von (1801 – 1861)
SIEBOLD, Eduard Caspar Jacob von (1801 – 1861)
1903​–1904Geschichte der Geburtshülfe der Neuzeit. 2 pts.
DOHRN, Rudolf (1836 – 1915)
1903A sketch of the history of obstetrics in the United States up to 1860.
WILLIAMS, John Whitridge (1866 – 1931)
WILLIAMS, John Whitridge (1866 – 1931)
1903Les seins dans l'histoire.
WITKOWSKI, Gustave-Joseph (1844 – 1922)
1904Die Wochenstube in der Kunst.
MÜLLERHEIM, Robert Nathan (1862 – )
1906Geschichte der Geburtshüfe.
FASBENDER, Heinrich (1843 – 1914)
1913Shou-Shi-Pien: Ein chinesisches Lehrbuch der Geburtshülfe. Aus dem chinesischen Urtext übersetzt und erläutert von Dr. med. et phil. Hübotter.
HÜBOTTER, Franz (1881 – 1967)
1917L’utero attraverso i secoli da Erofilo al giorni nostri; storia, iconografia, struttura, fisiologia.
LA TORRE, Felice (1846 – 1923)
1925Entwicklund der Gerurtshilfe und Gynäkologie im 19. Jahrhundert.
FEHLER, Hermann Johann Karl (1847 – 1925)
1927Missgeburten und Wundergestalten in Einblattdrucken und Handzeichnungen des 16. Jahrhunderts.
SONDEREGGER, Albert
1927History of British midwifery from 1650-1800.
SPENCER, Herbert Ritchie (1860 – 1941)
SPENCER, Herbert Ritchie (1860 – 1941)
1929Obstetric forceps, its history and evolution.
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
DAS, Sir Kedarnath (1867 – 1936)
1933L’ostretricia e la ginecologia in Italia.
VLANA, Odorico (1877 – 1942) VOZZA, Francesco
1935Classical contributions to obstetrics and gynecology.
THOMS, Herbert (1885 – 1972)
1937Geschichte der Frauenheilkunde. 1 Teil. Die Frauenheilkunde der alten Welt.
DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)
DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)
1938The history of the forceps: An investigation on the occurrence, evolution, and use of the forceps from prehistoric times to the present (with a summary in Danish). Translated by William Ernest Calvert.
MØLLER-CHRISTENSEN, Vilhelm (1903 – 1988)
1939The evolution of obstetric analgesia.
CLAYE, Sir Andrew Moynihan (1896 – 1977)
1944Caesarean section. The history and development of the operation from earliest times.
YOUNG, John Harley
1947The secret instrument. The birth of the midwifery forceps.
RADCLIFFE, Walter
1954Historical review of British obstetrics and gynaecology, 1800-1950.
KERR, John Martin Munro (1868 – 1960) & et al.
1958Obstetric and gynecologic milestones: essays in eponymy.
SPEERT, Harold (1915 – 2017)
1963Frau und Frauenheilkunde in der Kultur des Mittelalters.
DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)
DIEPGEN, Paul (1878 – 1966)
1964A short history of midwifery.
CUTTER, Irving Samuel (1875 – 1945) VIETS, Henry Rouse (1890 – 1969)
1967Milestones in midwifery.
RADCLIFFE, Walter
1968Short-title catalogue of books printed before 1851 in the library of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 2nd ed.
THORNTON, John Leonard (1913 – 1995)
1973Iconographia gyniatrica: A pictorial history of gynecology and obstetrics.
SPEERT, Harold (1915 – 2017)
1976The lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969.
PEEL, Sir John Harold (1904 – 2005)
1977A history of childbirth in America.
WERTZ, Richard W. (1933 – ) WERTZ, Dorothy C.
1977Midwives and medical men: A history of inter-professional rivalries and women's rights.
DONNISON, Jean
1978Abortion in America: The origins and evolution of national policy, 1800-1900.
MOHR, James C.
1980Obstetrics and gynecology in America: A history.
SPEERT, Harold (1915 – 2017)
1986Brought to bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950.
LEAVITT, Judith Walzer (1940 – )
1987Geschichte unter der Haut. Ein Eisenacher Arzt und seine Patientinnen um 1730.
DUDEN, Barbara (1942 – )
1990A midwife's tale. The life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary 1785-1812.
ULRICH, Laurel Thatcher (1938 – )
ULRICH, Laurel Thatcher (1938 – )
BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)
BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)
1991Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Hospital: The first 100 years. Edited by John A.Rock, Timothy R.B. Johnson, J. Donald Woodruff.
ROCK, John A. (1890 – 1984) JOHNSON, Timothy Robert B. WOODRUFF, J. Donald (1912 – 1996)
1994The history of obstetrics and gynecology.
O'DOWD, Michael J. PHILIP, Elliot E.
1995Catching babies: The professionalization of childbirth, 1870-1920.
BORST, Charlotte G.
1995The making of man-midwifery: Childbirth in England, 1660-1770.
WILSON, Adrian
1998When abortion was a crime: Women, medicine, and law in the United States, 1867-1973.
REAGAN, Leslie J.
1998African American midwifery in the South: Dialogues of birth, race, and memory.
FRASER, Gertrude Jacinta
1999Birth chairs, midwives and medicine.
BANKS, Amanda Carson (1965 – )
2000The obstetrician’s armamentarium: Historical obstetric instruments and their inventors.
HIBBARD, Brian M.