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OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY
MERCURIO (GERONIMO SCIPIONE) La commare o riggoglitrice

17 April 2012, 11:00 BST
Oxford

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OBSTETRICS and MIDWIFERY

MERCURIO (GERONIMO SCIPIONE) La commare o riggoglitrice, title within wide woodcut border, several woodcut illustrations in the text, title with 2 wormholes and very small loss towards upper border, bookplate of Geoff and Ann Long, contemporary stiff wrappers [Krivatsy 7808; this edition not in Wellcome], 8vo, Milan, G.B. Bidelli, 1618

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First published in 1596, the first italian book on obstetrics. "It is a work of importance for the study of the history of the Caesarean section: in it Mercurio advocated the Caesarean operation in cases of contracted pelvis". This Milan edition includes several woodcuts within ornamental borders.

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