Smellie, W. Verhandeling over het bespiegelend en bewerkend deel der vroedkunde; in 't Engels geschreven door William Smellie, na de derde druk in 't Hollands gebragt, en met weinige aanmerkingen en zaaken vermeerderd door Matthys van der Haage. Rangaku.A fine and complete rare set. G & M nr: 6154 (Engl.ed.1752). Smellie, a dominating figure among the obstetricians of the 18th century,owed much to his association with William Hunter. In his treatise he described more accurately than any previous writer the mechanism of parturition.It includes the first illustration of a rachitic pelvis.B.M.N.I. p 338.Blake p. 421. Hirsch V p. 306-7:Classisch und heute noch verwerthbare Lehrbuch. Complete Dutch edition of Smellie used by the Japanese for midwifery see at length Miyasita nr. 365- 367. Illustrations of obstetric forceps in ' San-iku hen' , written by Yamabe Bunhaku in 1772, perhaps taken from the English edition. The English edition is mentioned in the 4th vol. of Kaitaishinso as the Engelia book of obstetrics in the posession of Narabayashi of Nagasaki. Two plates in the 6th. vol. of Santa hatsumo, written and published by Katakura Genshu in 1799, are taken from Smellie. See Matsuda Libr. of. Western book in Japan (Matusuura Seizan coll.) nr. 5 (Engl. ed.). EUR 2,500.00
