Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One English Obstetrical Textbooks Before 1740; Chapter Two The Legacy of the Ancients, and William Harvey; Chapter Three The Legacy of the Ancients, and the Anatomists; Chapter Four The Female Reproductive System; Chapter Five Sexuality and Conception; Chapter Six Development and Birth of the Foetus; Chapter Seven Diagnosis of Pregnancy and Ante-natal Regimen; Chapter Eight Pregnancy Prevention and Promotion; Chapter Nine Gynaecology
Chapter Ten Normal ChildbirthChapter Eleven The Management of Obstetric Complications; Chapter Twelve 'The Manuall Practize' -- Operative Delivery; Chapter Thirteen Two Centuries of Obstetric Change Reviewed; Appendix: Maternal Mortality: Some Notes on the Willughby Cases; Notes; Index
