| Description Of Item | Notes of cases from various sources on difficulties with pregnancies. The sources include Mauriceau, La Motte, Puzos, Levret, Smellie, Chapman, Ould, Hofman, Gifford, Portal and Schenk. The notes do not name the patients but give details of the haemorrhage or miscarriage and at what stage of the pregnancy it occurred. The compiler of the volume is not given and it is not dated. According to the original manuscripts catalogue this was from the James Young Simpson collection but there is no bookplate or signature although the volume has been rebound. |