OF MIDWIFERY, INCLUDING THE DISEASES OF PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERAL STATE. : BY WILLIAM LEISHMAN, M.D., REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MIDWIFERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW; PHYSICIAN FOR DISEASES OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, AND OF THE OF BERLIN ETC. ETC. ETC. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by HENRY C. LEA, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. All rights reserved. COLLINS, PRINTER. COOPER MEDICAL COLLEGE, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL and is not to be removed from the PREFACE TO THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION. THE publication of a Third American Edition of his work affords the Author an opportunity, of which he gladly avails himself, of expressing the great gratification which he has experienced in the generous appreciation of his labors by his colleagues in America. Of the many criticisms which have appeared, none have been more valuable or useful to him than those of the American Medical Press. The methods of teaching on the two sides of the Atlantic being somewhat different, it has been found necessary to introduce some modifications in order to make this and the previous edition quite intelligible. This has been ably done by Dr. John S. Parry; and, without committing himself to all that has been added, the Author has much pleasure in acknowledging the courtesy and ability with which this task has been performed. In the preparation of the present Edition, such alterations have been made as the progress of Obstetrical Science seems to require. The large circulation which the work has attained has, indeed, imposed this duty upon the Author as one to be conscientiously and carefully discharged; and in its performance he has been under many obligations to Dr. James Finlayson, which he has here much pleasure in acknowledging. W. L. GLASGOW, September, 1879. |