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Ob/Gyn Historical Library

Last updated Apr 2008

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1772

A Treatise on the Puerperal Fever

Nathaniel Hulme

1793

A Dissertation on the Structure of the Obstetric Forceps

R. Rawlins

1820

A Synopsis of the Various Kinds of Difficult Parturition: With Practical Remarks on the Management of Labours

Samuel Merriman

1826

The Medical Evidence Relative to the Duration of Human Pregnancy

Robery Lyall

1828

A Practical Treatise on Partuition

Samuel Ashwell, James Blundell

1829

An Account of Some of the Important Diseases Peculiar to Women

Robert Gooch

1832

A Practical Treatise on Uterine Hemorrhage in Connexion with Pregnancy and Parturition

John Ingleby

1833

Researches on the Pathology and Treatment of Some of the Most Important Diseases of Women

Robert Lee

1834

The Principle and Practice of Obstetricy

James Blundell

1834

Kennedy on Obstetric Ausculation (go to page 255)

Evory Kennedy

1835

A Practical Treatise on Midwifery

Robert Collins

1837

The Principles of Midwifery

John Burns

1837

Observations on Some of the More Important Diseases of Women

James Blundell

1839

Hints to Mothers

Thomas Bull

1839

Essays on the Most Important Diseases of Women (Puerperal Fever)

Robert Ferguson

1842

On The Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Fleetwood Churchill

1842

Practical Observations in Midwifery

John Ramsbotham

1851

Woman: Her Diseases and Remedies

Charles Meigs

1852

Obstetrics: The Science and the Art, Second Edition, Third Editon (1856), Fifth Edition (1867)

Charles Meigs

1852

A Complete Treatise on Midwifery

Velpeau, Page, and Meigs

1853

The Obstetric Catechism

Joseph Warrington

1853

A Compendious System of Midwifery

William DeWees

1854

On Some Diseases of Women Admitting to Surgical Treatment

Isaac Brown

1854

A Treatise on Acute and Chronic Diseases of the Neck of the Uterus

Charles Meigs

1857

A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Midwifery

Pierre Cazeaux

1857

An Exposition on the Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy

William Montgomery

1860

On Diseases Peculiar to Women

Hugh L. Hodge

1860

On the Signs and Diseases of Pregnancy

Thomas Tanner

1861

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Sexual Organs of Women

Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni

1861

The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics, 1st Edition, 3rd Edition (1863), 4th Edition (1868), Fifth Edition (1869), Eighth Edition (1874)

Gunning S. Bedford

1863

Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women

Sir James Young Simpson

1866

Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery

J. Marion Sims

1870

The Science of a New Life

John Cowan

1870+

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, Volume II

Noeggerath, Editor

1871

Manual of Midwifery

Alfred Meadows

1872

The Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Diseases of Women

Graily Hewitt

1873

A System of Midwifery

William Leishman

1873

A Clinical History of the Medical and Surgical Diseases of Women

Robert Barnes

1876

A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery

William Playfair

1876

Smellie's Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Alfred McClintock

1877

Diseases of Women

Robert Lawson Tait

1877

An Essay on Hospital Mortality

Robert Lawson Tait

1878

Diseases of the Bladder and Urethra in Women

Alexander Skene

1879

Lessons in Gynecology

William Goodell

1881

Minor Surgical Gynecology, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition (1885)

Paul Fortunatus Mundé

1881

The Science and Art of Midwifery

William Thompson Lusk

1883

Manual of Gynecology, 2nd Edition, 4th Edition (1893), 6th Edition (1903)

David Berry Hart

1883

The Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Ovary

Robert Lawson Tait

1884

A Manual of Obstetrics, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition (1886), 4th Edition (1889), 5th Edition (1892), 8th Edition (1900), 9th Edition (1903), 10th Edition (1907)

Albert King

1884

The Story of My Life

J. Marion Sims

1885

Manual of the Diseases of Women

Charles May

1888

Lectures on Ectopic Pregnancy and Pelvic Haematocele

Robert Lawson Tait

1889

The Principles and Practice of Gynecology, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition (1902), 4th Edition (1904), 5th Edition (1908), 6th Edition (1913)

Emilius Dudley

1889

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Extra-uterine Pregnancy

John Strahan

1891

Essentials of Gynecology

Edwin B. Cragin

1892

Obstetrics: A Manual for Students and Practioners

Charles W. Hayt

1892

Gynecology: A Manual for Students and Practioners

Bratenahl and Tousey

1895

Pregnancy, Labor, and the Puerperal State

Grandin and Jarman

1895

Clinical Gynecology, Medical and Surgical

Keating and Coe

1895

Manual of Gynecology

Henry Turman Buford

1898

A Text-book of Obstetrics, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition (1899), 3rd Edition (1902),4th Edition (1903), 5th Edition (1906), 6th Edition (1909)

Barton Cook Hirst

1900

Obstetrics: A Manual for Students and Practioners

David James Evans

1900

Practical Gynecology, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition (1903), 3rd Edition (1907)

Edward Emmet Montgomery

1900

Conservative Gynecology and Electro-therapeutics, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition (1905), 5th Edition (1906), 6th Edition (1909)

G. Betton Massey

1901

A Textbook of Obstetrics

John Clarence Webster

1901

A Textbook of Gynecology

Charles Lee Reed

1904

Williams Obstetrics, First Edition, Second Edition (1907), Third Edition (1912)

J. Whitridge Williams

1905

A Textbook on the Practice of Gynecology

William Easterly Ashton

1905+

Surgery, Gynecology, and Obstetrics 

Franklin Martin, Editor

1906

Obstetrics for Nurses, 2nd Edition

Joseph DeLee

1908

Medical Gynecology, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition (1912)

Howard Atwood Kelly

1908

Medical Gynecology

Samuel Wyllis Bandler

1908

Operative Midwifery

John Martin Munro Kerr

1912

The Practice of Obstetrics, 4th Edition, 5th Edition (1916)

James Clifton Edgar

1914

Manual of Obstetrics

Edward Parker Davis

1917

Operative Gynecology, 1st Edition, 2nd Edition (1920)

Harry Crossen

1918

Gynecology

William Phillip Graves

1920+

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Volume

George Kosmak, Editor

1921

Gynecology

Brooke Anspach


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