Obstetricians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Chambers, Collector, Artifact and Books regarding Obstetrics
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4427
Content Description
Items collected by Dr. John Chambers, a long-time practitioner of medicine in Charleston, West Virginia who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. Includes four books and a receipt from a hospital stay (box 1); also includes an obstetrical instrument (box 2).Two of the four books regard "midwifery", the then-current term for obstetrics; they include "A System of Midwifery" by William Leishman, M.D. (1879) and "The Principles and Practice of Midwifery" by Alexander Milne, M.D....
Dates:
1877-1938, undated