Author : A. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332324224
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (242 download)
Book Synopsis Marin's Atlas of Obstetrics and Gynæcology (Classic Reprint) by : A. Martin
Download or read book Marin's Atlas of Obstetrics and Gynæcology (Classic Reprint) written by A. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Marin's Atlas of Obstetrics and Gynaecology The numerous illustrated works on Midwifery, deal, with few exceptions, besides illustrations of the pelvis and the female genital organs in the normal state, almost exclusively with the development of the ovum and the uterus during pregnancy, the positions of the foetus, the obstetric instruments, and the operative manoeuvres required in Obstetrics. Not only are the illustrations of the foetal positions, and of the obstetric operations most frequently diagrammatic, and obtained by placing the dummy in various positions in a phantom or pelvis, but the works themselves afford an insufficient insight into those conditions necessary to complete the knowledge of the gynoecologist. Midwifery must be considered in its natural relation to the conditions of the other female sexual functions, and to the various physiological and pathological changes which occur in the sexual organs, and consequently in its relation to gynoecology. Thus the scientific methods of study require it, and rebel more and more against the continued reign of the obstetric method. The practice which had long ago forced itself upon the obstetrician, also required a knowledge of the so-called diseases of women. On these grounds, then, that the pathological and physiological conditions of the sexual organs should be represented in the various phases of their functions, the demand of the publishers for an atlas of obstetrics was very pleasing to me, especially as I had often felt the want of an illustrated description of these subjects in my annual course of lectures since 1838.The exhibition of enlarged illustrations or of preparations during the lecture, is useful and even indispensable, but it is insufficient. A mere passing glance at a diagram during a lecture leaves behind no fixed impression. And so I had long been anxious to place in the hands of my hearers a collection of drawings to illustrate my lectures. But such a collection of illustrations is also of great value to the practising physician, who does not see gynoecological cases every day, and who seldom has the opportunity to study the organic changes seen at post-mortem examinations. One look at an exact and faithful drawing, presents the anatomical condition of the parts more dearly to his mind than far-fetched deductions for the elaboration of which he frequently has no time. It moreover starts fresh ideas for future diagnosis and treatment of doubtful individual cases. The execution, of the undertaking, to present to students and practitioners an illustrated guide to obstetrics and gynoecology, was necessarily restricted to enable the work to be placed within the reach of a sufficiently large circle of readers. In the first place, the number of illustrations must not be too large. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
