For your antique medical book collections, a rare and very unique text by one of the fathers of Eclectic Medicine on Obstetrics by John King, M.D. is available to the fortunate winning bidder.   The text “AMERICAN ECLECTIC OBSTETRICS” by John King, Cincinnati, 1866, Full Leather, 768pp. with 78 dramatic woodcuts.  John King, M.D. was one of the founders of the Eclectic School of Medicine who discovered the active ingredients of many native plants (Kaufman 415).  This rare text includes a 62 page chapter devoted to Obsetric Materia Medica (Pharmacology). 

The condition of the text is very good.  The binding is tight.  The covers show the normal minor blemishes – few scruffs on front and back.  The spine is in very condition – with minor wear on the top and bottom; however, the title is bright and visible.  The corners and edges are worn at several spots.  The interior of the text is very very good.  There is minimal foxing.  No apparent marks in the text.  The pages are fully intact and without notable tears or rips.

Description of the Content.  Eclectic Medicine appeared as an extension of early American herbal medicine traditions.  Regular medicine at the time made extensive use of purges with calomel and other mercury-based remedies, as well as extensive bloodletting and Eclectic medicine was a direct reaction to those practices.  The American Eclectic Obstetrics, chiefly to note the introduction of the newer remedial agents into obstetric practice.

 

TEXT CHAPTERS:  

          Part

·        Chapter 1 – Bones of the Pelvis

·        Chapter 2 – Sympyses and Ligaments of the Pelvis: Their Morbid Changes & Treatment

·        Chapter 3 – Straits and Cavities of the Pelvis

·        Chapter 4 – Deformities of the Pelvis

·        Chapter 5 – Indications of Malconformation of the Pelvis

·        Chapter 6 – The Fetus, Its Divisions, and Dimensions

·        Chapter 7 – The Female Organs of Generation

·        Chapter 8 – The Internal Organs of Generation (Vagina)

·        Chapter 9 – Of the Uterine Appendages: The Ligaments, The Fallopian Tubes, and the Ovaries

·        Chapter 10 – Of the Corpus Luteum

 

Part II – OF GENERATION

·        Chapter 11 -  Theories of Impregnation

·        Chapter 12 – Menstruation – Conception

·        Chapter 13 – Of Pregnancy

·        Chapter 14 – Signs of Pregnancy

·        Chapter 15 – Changes in the Condition of the Uterus During Pregnancy

·        Chapter 16 – Compound and Mixed Pregnancy

·        Chapter 17 – Diseases of the Pregnant Female

o       Ptyalism (Salivation); Anorexia (Want of Appetite); Diarrhea; Heartburn; Constipation; Convulsions; Odontalgia (Toothache); Syncope (Fits of Fainting); Mania or Insanity; Pruritus of the Vulva, Prurigo or Itching of the Genitals.

·        Chapter 18 – Diseases of the Pregnant Female

o       Cramps; Jaundice; Retroversion of the Gravid Uterus; Hydrorrhea or False Waters; Dropsy of the Ovum

·        Chapter 19 – Hemorrhage and Abortion

·        Chapter 20 – Development of the Human Ovum

·        Chapter 21 – Of the Fetus and Its Development

*    Chapter 22 - Position, Nutrition, Respiration, Circulation, Dimensions,  Death of the Fetus, Superfetation

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