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OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchemens, 2 vol., 1781 image 1
OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchemens, 2 vol., 1781 image 2
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OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY
BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchemens, 2 vol.

17 April 2012, 11:00 BST
Oxford

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OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY

BAUDELOCQUE (JEAN LOUIS) L'art des accouchemens, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 14 folding engraved plates by Jean Jacques Avril, bookplate of Herber McLean Evans, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed [Garisson-Morton 6255; Wellcome 14859142], 8vo, Mequignon, 1781

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"Baudlocque invented a pelvimeter and advanced the knowledge of pelvimetry and of the mechanism of labour. The external conjugate diameter is known as "Baudelocque's diameter" (Garrison-Morton).

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