Willughby's observations in midwifery: the Dutch translation

Thiery, M.; Willughby, P.

Vesalius Acta Internationales Historiae Medicinae 2(2): 106-110

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 1373-4857
PMID: 11618763
Document Number: 464022
The Dutch translation of the manuscript of "Observations in Midwifery" (ca. 1672) by the English man-midwife Percival Willughby (1596-1685) - pupil and friend of William Harvey - was printed in The Netherlands in 1754 and antedated the English edition (1863) by more than a century. This delay may explain why this valuable 17th-century text had no impact on obstetrical practice in Willughby's native country.

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